Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 4
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
मिष्टंमिष्टं समश्नाति भोगान्भुंजति नित्यशः । द्यूतकर्मरतो नित्यं चौरकर्मणि सस्पृहः
miṣṭaṃmiṣṭaṃ samaśnāti bhogānbhuṃjati nityaśaḥ | dyūtakarmarato nityaṃ caurakarmaṇi saspṛhaḥ
وہ بار بار لذیذ چیزیں کھاتا ہے اور ہمیشہ نفسانی لذتوں میں مبتلا رہتا ہے؛ وہ دائماً جوا کھیلنے میں لگا رہتا ہے اور چوری کے کاموں کی طرف لالچ سے کھنچتا ہے۔
Unspecified (context-dependent within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa narrative/dialogue)
Concept: Repeated indulgence, gambling, and attraction to theft are hallmarks of a corrupted life that destroys trust, family stability, and spiritual progress.
Application: Avoid gambling and intoxicating cycles of consumption; adopt simple sāttvika diet; redirect resources to charity and temple service; seek accountability and sat-saṅga.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A decadent table overflows with sweets and rich foods as the central figure eats compulsively, eyes half-lidded with craving. Nearby, dice scatter across a cloth, and in the shadows a locked chest and a stealthy hand hint at theft—pleasure and crime braided together in one moral downfall.","primary_figures":["indulgent ‘ṛṇa-sambandhin’ son figure","shadowy gamblers/thieves (symbolic)"],"setting":"A dim interior resembling a gambling den adjoining a household store-room, showing how vice infiltrates domestic life.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["tarnished gold","wine red","charcoal black","sickly green","dirty ivory"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: opulent yet morally dark interior; central figure feasting on sweets, dice and gambling cloth in foreground, a shadow-hand reaching toward a chest; gold-leaf used ironically on ornaments and coins, rich reds/greens, ornate borders, strong narrative symbolism.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: detailed still-life of delicacies and dice, the figure’s expression subtly corrupted, muted nocturnal palette, fine brushwork on textiles and objects, a quiet but ominous moral scene.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, stylized dice and food motifs, central figure with exaggerated craving, shadowy theft motif rendered as symbolic hand, warm ochres and deep blacks, temple-wall narrative panel feel.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical vice scene framed by lotus borders; central figure surrounded by motifs of dice and coins, deep indigo background with gold accents, intricate floral patterns; include a small upper medallion of Vishnu as silent witness to adharma."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["dice clatter","low drum beat","muffled laughter turning sour","sudden conch blast (as moral punctuation)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मिष्टंमिष्टं = मिष्टम् + मिष्टम् (पुनरुक्ति); भोगान्भुञ्जति = भोगान् + भुञ्जति; द्यूतकर्मरतः = द्यूत-कर्म-रतः (तत्पुरुष); चौरकर्मणि = चौर + कर्मणि (तत्पुरुष); सस्पृहः = स + स्पृहः (कर्मधारय/उपसर्गवत् ‘स-’)।
FAQs
It warns that repeated indulgence in sense-pleasures can progress into compulsive vices like gambling and even criminal impulses such as theft—illustrating a downward moral trajectory (adharma).
The verse portrays gambling as a habit that fuels greed and loss of restraint; this craving can push a person toward dishonest means—hence the expressed attraction to stealing.
As presented, it reads like a general characterization of an immoral disposition (a vice-driven person). Identifying a specific character requires the surrounding verses of Bhūmi-khaṇḍa, Adhyaya 12.