Shloka 15
Dharma Across the Four Yugas, the Disruption of Social Conduct, and Ritual Purification from Varṇa-Mixing Transgressions
राजजाया आत्मजा चैव अगम्या मुख्यतः स्त्रियः । रजकादिषु चान्याश्च स्त्रियोऽगम्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । अगम्यागमनं चैतत् कृतं पापाय जायते ॥ ६८.१५ ॥
rājajāyā ātmajā caiva agamyā mukhyataḥ striyaḥ | rajakādiṣu cānyāś ca striyo 'gamyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | agamyāgamanaṃ caitat kṛtaṃ pāpāya jāyate || 68.15 ||
โดยหลักแล้ว พระมเหสีของพระราชาและบุตรธิดาของตนเอง ถูกประกาศว่าเป็นสตรีที่ห้ามเข้าใกล้เพื่อการร่วมเพศ อีกทั้งสตรีอื่น ๆ เช่นผู้เกี่ยวข้องกับพวกซักผ้าและหมู่คณะคล้ายกัน ก็ถูกกล่าวว่าเป็นสตรีต้องห้าม การเสพสังวาสกับผู้ต้องห้ามนี้ เมื่อกระทำแล้ว ย่อมก่อให้เกิดบาป (ปาปะ)
Varāha (default dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"prayaschitta","instruction_summary":"Declares key ‘agamyā’ categories (notably the king’s wife and one’s own daughter, plus other socially restricted women) and explicitly states that agamyāgamana produces pāpa.","karmic_consequence":"Committing agamyāgamana accrues pāpa with downstream suffering/ritual disqualification; avoidance preserves dharmic standing, while expiation (asked earlier) is implied as necessary after violation."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"karma-ethics (pāpa/puṇya causality)","core_concept":"Actions against protected social bonds generate pāpa; dharma is framed as causal law safeguarding both society and the actor’s spiritual trajectory.","practical_application":"Use the explicit pāpa-warning as a behavioral restraint; where transgression has occurred, seek the appropriate prāyaścitta from the surrounding discourse/tradition."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Dharma-śāstra","Social norms"]
Primary Rasa: bībhatsa (ethical disgust)
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka (fear of consequence)
Type: None
Related Themes: 68.68.11 (asks how purification occurs); 68.68.14 (kinship list)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A teacher warns a kingly audience: highlighted are the ‘rajajayā’ (king’s consort) and ‘ātmajā’ (daughter) as inviolable; a dark ‘pāpa’ cloud motif symbolizes consequence.","item_prompts":["teacher delivering warning","king and courtiers listening","symbolic veiled queen figure (rajajayā)","symbolic daughter figure (ātmajā)","dark cloud/chain motif labeled ‘pāpa’ (symbolic)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: central admonishing teacher; stylized royal couple in the background; a dark ornamental cloud motif for pāpa; strong reds/ochres.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: ornate court; gold-leaf throne and arch; symbolic pāpa motif as dark enamel-like area; figures richly adorned but composition morally restrained.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: courtly realism; teacher’s raised hand of prohibition; subtle shadow motif indicating pāpa consequence.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: miniature court scene; symbolic dark swirl near the transgression concept; delicate architecture and textiles."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"warning and consequential","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"deep, weighty, emphasizing ‘pāpāya jāyate’ as the cadence"}
FAQs
It reflects a dharma-śāstric register within Purāṇic literature, illustrating how Purāṇas often incorporate normative ethical lists and social prohibitions alongside narrative and cosmological material.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ethical and social rather than topographical.
The verse states that sexual relations with certain categories of women deemed ‘forbidden’ (agamyā) are considered wrongdoing and are said to generate pāpa (demerit).