Shloka 62
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
ससर्ज रोषात् सोमाय स चोडुपतिमाविशत् । पृथ्वीनाथ! यह सुनकर भगवान् दक्ष कुपित हो उठे। उन्होंने चन्द्रमाके लिये रोषपूर्वक राजयक्ष्माकी सृष्टि की। वह चन्द्रमाके भीतर प्रविष्ट हो गया ।।
sasarja roṣāt somāya sa coḍupatim āviśat | pṛthvīnātha! yaḥ śrutvā bhagavān dakṣaḥ kupito 'bhavat | tena candramase roṣapūrvakaṁ rājayakṣmā sṛṣṭaḥ | sa candramasaḥ antar āviśat || 61 || sa yakṣmaṇābhibhūtātmā kṣīyata ahar-ahaḥ śaśī || 62 ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—یہ سن کر بھگوان دکش غضبناک ہوا۔ اس نے غصّے میں سوما کے لیے ‘راجَیَکشما’ نامی بیماری پیدا کی؛ وہ ستاروں کے سردار، چاند کے اندر داخل ہو گئی۔ اس زوال آور مرض کے دباؤ میں ششی روز بروز گھٹنے لگا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger and moral transgression can generate far-reaching consequences: even a luminous figure like the Moon is shown as vulnerable to decline when burdened by curse-born retribution. The passage cautions against pride and offense, and highlights the inevitability of karmic/ethical accountability within cosmic order.
Dakṣa, enraged, creates the wasting disease called Rājayakṣmā for Soma (the Moon). The disease enters the Moon, and as a result the Moon is overpowered and diminishes day by day—an etiological explanation for the Moon’s waning.