Shloka 127
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
अरुन्धत्युवाच नित्यं परिभवेच्छवश्रूं भर्तुर्भवतु दुर्मना: । एका स्वादु समाश्षातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या
arundhaty uvāca nityaṃ paribhavec chvaśrūṃ bhartur bhavatu durmanāḥ | ekā svādu samāśnīyāt bisastainyaṃ karoti yā ||
Wika ni Arundhatī: “Ang babaeng nagnanakaw ng tangkay ng lotus (mṛṇāla/bisa) ay nagkakamit ng kasalanan: araw-araw na paghamak sa biyenan, pagpapalungkot sa asawa, at pagkain ng mga masasarap na pagkain nang mag-isa.”
विश्वामित्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a seemingly small act of theft is treated as a serious breach of dharma, believed to generate further moral and relational harms—disrespect within the household, distress to one’s spouse, and selfish enjoyment—thereby warning against dishonesty and self-centered conduct.
In a didactic passage, Arundhatī states a moral consequence: a woman who commits theft of lotus-stalks is said to incur sins that manifest as habitual contempt toward her mother-in-law, causing sorrow to her husband, and eating delicacies alone—framing theft as corrosive to family harmony.