Shloka 11
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
किन्तु मदुपभोगाय मार्जारी जातहारिणी ।
त्वन्तु क्रमेणोपभोग्यं मत्तः फलमभीप्ससि ॥
kintu madupabhogāya mārjārī jātahāriṇī / tvantu krameṇopabhogyaṃ mattaḥ phalam abhīpsasi //
“Ngunit ang babaeng pusa at ang magnanakaw ng bata ay nagnanais na tuwirang magtamasa (gumamit) sa akin; samantalang ikaw ay naghahangad ng ‘bunga’ mula sa akin—isang bagay na tatamasahin sa takdang panahon, unti-unti.”
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FAQs
The child distinguishes crude exploitation from socially acceptable, long-term self-interest: expecting future returns (service, lineage, status, ritual benefit) can also taint affection. The teaching is to purify love from transactional expectation.
Dharma-oriented instruction through ākhyāna; it critiques motivations within gṛhastha life without issuing a ritual rule here.
‘Gradual enjoyment’ suggests subtle bondage: not sudden harm but long-term appropriation through roles and expectations. Liberation-oriented discernment sees both as forms of grasping (upādāna).