Shloka 76
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
मानवानां प्रमोहार्थ कृत्या नार्योडसृजत् प्रभु: । उन देवताओंके मनकी बात जानकर भगवान् ब्रह्माने मनुष्योंको मोहमें डालनेके लिये कृत्यारूप नारियोंकी सृष्टि की
mānavānāṁ pramohārthaṁ kṛtyā nāryo 'sṛjat prabhuḥ | tān devatānāṁ manasī bālaṁ jñātvā bhagavān brahmā manuṣyān mohayituṁ kṛtyārūpā nārīḥ sasarja ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Nang mabatid ni Panginoong Brahmā ang nasa isip ng mga diyos, nilikha niya ang mga babae sa anyong kṛtyā, upang ilugmok ang mga tao sa pagkalito at pagkahumaling.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that attachment and fascination can become a source of moha (delusion), undermining discrimination and steadiness in dharma; it presents this as a cosmic, didactic explanation through Brahmā’s act of creation.
Bhīṣma, in an instructive discourse, states that Brahmā—perceiving the gods’ intention—created women as kṛtyā-like forms to bewilder humans, using mythic causation to explain moral vulnerability and the need for self-control.