Shloka 128
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
ज्ञातीनां गृहमध्यस्था सक्तूनत्तु दिनक्षये । अभोग्या वीरसूरस्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या
jñātīnāṁ gṛhamadhyasthā saktūn attu dinakṣaye | abhogyā vīrasūrastu bisastainyaṁ karoti yā ||
Sabi ni Viśvāmitra: “Ang babaeng nagnakaw ng hibla ng tangkay ng lotus (mṛṇāla/bisa) ay magtamo ng ganitong kasalanan: mananatili sa loob ng sambahayan sa gitna ng mga kamag-anak ngunit mamumuhay sa kahihiyan, at sa dulo ng araw ay sattu (inihaw na harina) lamang ang kakainin; dahil sa dungis, magiging di-karapat-dapat sa pagsasama ng asawa; at bagaman isang brāhmaṇī, magsisilang siya ng anak na lalaking mabagsik, tulad ng mandirigma, na may marahas na ugaling kṣatriya.”
विश्वामित्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even seemingly minor theft is treated as adharma that stains one’s social standing and domestic harmony; the verse presents moral causality through consequences affecting reputation, marital life, and offspring.
Viśvāmitra is enumerating the karmic/social penalties assigned to a woman who commits theft of lotus-stalk fibres (bisa/mṛṇāla), describing a life of household disgrace, meagre food, conjugal exclusion, and the birth of a fierce warrior-like son despite her brāhmaṇa status.