Shloka 13
Ratnagrīva’s Pilgrimage and the Prescribed Procedure for Visiting Sacred Tīrthas
क्रोधात्कामाद्भयाद्द्वेषाल्लोभाद्दंभान्नरः पुनः । यथाकथंचिद्विभजन्न स दुःखं समश्नुते
krodhātkāmādbhayāddveṣāllobhāddaṃbhānnaraḥ punaḥ | yathākathaṃcidvibhajanna sa duḥkhaṃ samaśnute
บุคคลผู้ถูกครอบงำด้วยโทสะ กาม ความกลัว ความเกลียดชัง ความโลภ หรือความเสแสร้ง จะแบ่งปันอย่างไรก็ได้; แต่ด้วยเหตุนั้นย่อมไม่พ้นทุกข์
Unspecified (narrative voice within Pātāla-khaṇḍa; exact dialogue speaker not provided in the input)
Concept: Actions and ‘arrangements’ made under anger, desire, fear, hatred, greed, or hypocrisy cannot remove suffering; the root afflictions must be addressed.
Application: Before major decisions, check the motive: is it driven by krodha/kāma/bhaya/dveṣa/lobha/dambha? Pause, chant briefly, seek sāttvika counsel, and act from dharma rather than impulse.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: क्रोधात्कामात् = क्रोधात् + कामात्; कामाद्भयात् = कामात् + भयात्; भयाद्द्वेषात् = भयात् + द्वेषात्; द्वेषाल्लोभात् = द्वेषात् + लोभात्; लोभाद्दंभात् = लोभात् + दंभात्; दंभान्नरः = दंभात् + नरः; यथाकथंचिद्विभजन् = यथाकथंचित् + विभजन्।
FAQs
It teaches that actions motivated by inner afflictions—anger, desire, fear, hatred, greed, and hypocrisy—do not remove suffering; the root cause is the motive (and the resulting karma), not merely the outward act of “distributing” or arranging things.
The verse implies that intention (bhāva) shapes karmic results: when decisions are made under corrupt motives, the person still “attains” suffering, indicating that inner disposition conditions the fruit of action.
No. It criticizes division or allocation done “somehow” under negative drives; it suggests that fair, dharmic action rooted in clarity and integrity is distinct from motivated, self-serving distribution.