Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
सूर्योदयेऽवशः प्राणैर्विमोक्ष्यति न संशयः ।
भास्करालोकनादेव स विनाशमवाप्स्यति ॥
sūryodaye 'vaśaḥ prāṇair vimokṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / bhāskarālokanād eva sa vināśam avāpsyati
سورج نکلتے ہی وہ بے بس ہو کر جان دے دے گا—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ محض سورج کی روشنی دیکھتے ہی وہ ہلاک ہو جائے گا۔
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Speech empowered by tapas functions like irrevocable law; therefore restraint and proportionality are essential virtues, especially for the spiritually powerful.
Not a lakṣaṇa unit; it is an ethical-ritual warning narrative about the force of śāpa and its ability to disturb the cosmic rhythm (sunrise).
Sunrise signifies awakening/illumination; the curse makes ‘light’ lethal, implying that when one is misaligned with dharma, even truth/illumination becomes unbearable.