Shloka 6
The Power of a Chaste Woman: Indra and Kāma Confront Satī’s Radiance
ये ज्ञानवंतः पुरुषा जगत्त्रये वैरं प्रकुर्वन्ति महात्मभिः समम् । भुंजन्ति ते दुष्कृतमेवतत्फलं दुःखान्वितं रूपविनाशनं च
ye jñānavaṃtaḥ puruṣā jagattraye vairaṃ prakurvanti mahātmabhiḥ samam | bhuṃjanti te duṣkṛtamevatatphalaṃ duḥkhānvitaṃ rūpavināśanaṃ ca
جو مرد علم رکھتے ہوئے بھی تینوں جہانوں میں کہیں بھی مہاتما لوگوں سے دشمنی کرتے ہیں، وہی لوگ اس بدکرداری کا پھل بھگتتے ہیں: دکھ سے بھرپور، اور حسن و صورت کے زوال تک پہنچانے والا۔
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Padma Purāṇa, Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 55)
Concept: Even the learned fall if they cultivate enmity with mahātmas; such aparādha yields suffering and loss of auspiciousness (including bodily radiance/beauty).
Application: Convert rivalry into reverence: avoid slander, envy, and factionalism; practice respectful speech, reconciliation, and service to the spiritually advanced.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["conch shell (soft, distant)","rustle of leaves","single bell strike","low drone (tanpura)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: जगत्+त्रये→जगत्त्रये; दुष्कृतम्+एव+तत्+फलम्→दुष्कृतमेवतत्फलम्; दुःख+अन्वितम्→दुःखान्वितम्.
FAQs
It warns that even a learned person incurs grave karmic consequences by cultivating hostility toward noble, great-souled people.
The verse states that the doer reaps suffering (duḥkha) and even the destruction of beauty/form (rūpa-vināśa).
To emphasize universality: wherever such hostility occurs—anywhere in existence—it yields painful results.