Shloka 27
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
ताडनाय च वै कोपात् पादस्तेन समुद्यतः ।
तस्याः पुनः क्षान्तिमता न तु देहे निपातितः ॥
tāḍanāya ca vai kopāt pādas tena samudyataḥ /
tasyāḥ punaḥ kṣāntimatā na tu dehe nipātitaḥ
غصّے میں اس نے اسے مارنے کے لیے پاؤں اٹھایا؛ مگر خود ضبط ہونے کے باعث اس نے وہ پاؤں اس کے جسم پر نہ گرایا۔
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FAQs
Even when provoked, restraint (kṣamā/dama) is praised: the intention to harm arises, but dharma is preserved by not committing the act. Yet the episode also shows that mere threat can still provoke reactive harm (the curse).
Vaṃśānucarita: ethical characterization within a lineage story.
The ‘raised but unfallen foot’ symbolizes anger arrested at the threshold—saṃskāra checked by viveka—yet the world still reacts to the vibration of hostility.