Shloka 27
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
ययातिरुवाच अनृतौ च व्रती चैव भार्यायां स प्रजायतु । निराकरोतु वेदांश्व॒ यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्
yayātir uvāca: anṛtau ca vratī caiva bhāryāyāṃ sa prajāyatu | nirākarotu vedāṃś ca yo 'ste harati puṣkaram ||
Wika ni Yayāti: “Ang sinumang nagnakaw ng iyong lotus, nawa’y magkaanak siya sa kanyang asawa sa panahong di nararapat, kahit nagkukunwaring tagapag-ingat ng panata; at nawa’y maging tagatanggi siya sa mga Veda—upang mapasan niya ang bunga ng mga kasalanang ito.”
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns hypocrisy and theft: outward religiosity (being a vratī) does not excuse unethical acts. Violations of sexual propriety (ṛtu-dharma) and rejection of Vedic authority are presented as grave moral downfalls, invoked here as the fitting consequence for stealing.
Yayāti pronounces an imprecatory statement (a curse-like condemnation) against the person who has stolen ‘your lotus,’ wishing that the thief incur specific forms of moral and religious ruin—improper conjugal conduct despite vows, and repudiation of the Vedas—thereby bearing the fruits of those sins.