Shloka 13
Mohinī-ākhyāna: The Trial of Ekādaśī and the King’s Satya-saṅkalpa
न पातव्यं हि मद्य तु न हन्तव्यो द्विजः क्वचित् । क्रीडेन्नाक्षैस्तु धर्मज्ञो नाश्नीयाद्धरिवासरे ॥ १३ ॥
na pātavyaṃ hi madya tu na hantavyo dvijaḥ kvacit | krīḍennākṣaistu dharmajño nāśnīyāddharivāsare || 13 ||
Tunay nga, huwag uminom ng nakalalasing na alak; at huwag kailanman manakit ng isang brāhmaṇa. Ang nakaaalam ng dharma ay hindi dapat magsugal sa dice, at sa banal na araw ni Hari ay huwag ding kumain.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Uttara-Bhaga dialogue context)
Vrata: Hari-vāsara (Hari’s sacred day; commonly Ekādaśī context)
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Ethical prohibitions (liquor, violence, gambling) resolve into a devotional observance: fasting on Hari’s day."}
FAQs
It frames devotion as disciplined living: purity (no intoxicants), non-violence and reverence toward dvijas, restraint from gambling, and sanctifying Hari’s day through fasting—making the mind fit for bhakti.
Bhakti is supported by vrata and sadācāra: avoiding habits that agitate desire and delusion (liquor, dice) and honoring Hari-vāsara with abstinence from food, which steadies remembrance of Vishnu.
It emphasizes ritual-dharma and calendrical observance (hari-vāsara/Ekādaśī timing), aligning conduct with vrata prescriptions rather than a technical Vedāṅga like Vyākaraṇa—yet it implicitly relies on proper tithi-based religious calendar knowledge.