Shloka 66
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ब्राह्मण उवाच अष्टावात्मगुणा ये हि तेषामादौ दया द्विज ।
तां करोṣi कथं न त्वं मयि सद्धर्मपालक ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca aṣṭāv ātma-guṇā ye hi teṣām ādau dayā dvija | tāṃ karoṣi kathaṃ na tvaṃ mayi saddharma-pālaka ||
برہمن نے کہا—اے دْوِج، آتما کے آٹھ گُنوں میں کرُونا سب سے برتر ہے۔ تم جو اپنے آپ کو ستیہ دھرم کی پاسدار کہتی ہو، پھر مجھ پر وہ کرُونا کیوں نہیں دکھاتیں؟
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FAQs
Compassion is asserted as primary among virtues; true dharma is measured by conduct toward others, not by claims, status, or seductive power.
Dharma-upadeśa within narrative; not a sarga/manvantara/genealogy passage.
Invoking ‘dayā’ reframes the encounter from desire to ethics: the higher self is compassion-led, while the lower self is impulse-led.