Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 57
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
कामक्रोधसमाक्रांतं श्वसनैश्चोपमर्दितम् । भोगतृष्णातुरं गूढं रागद्वेष वशानुगम्
kāmakrodhasamākrāṃtaṃ śvasanaiścopamarditam | bhogatṛṣṇāturaṃ gūḍhaṃ rāgadveṣa vaśānugam
یہ خواہش اور غضب سے مغلوب، سانسوں کے دباؤ سے پامال ہے؛ لذت کی پیاس سے بے قرار، اندر سے پوشیدہ—رغبت اور نفرت کے جبر کے پیچھے چلتا ہے۔
Unspecified (context-dependent within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Concept: Desire and anger dominate embodied life; freedom comes by disciplining cravings and redirecting the heart to Vishnu.
Application: When cravings surge, pause and breathe, repeat a Vishnu mantra, avoid triggering inputs (food/media), and keep a simple vow (like weekly Ekadashi restraint) to retrain the mind.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"An inner-war scene staged within the silhouette of a human torso: shadowy figures labeled kāma and krodha surge like red-black flames, while pale winds of breath batter the central heart-lotus. Chains of rāga and dveṣa tug the mind like opposing ropes, and in the center a small lamp of devotion steadies the chaos.","primary_figures":["Personified Kāma","Personified Krodha","Rāga and Dveṣa as twin chain-bearers","A small inner flame of bhakti (symbolic)"],"setting":"Psychic interior—heart-lotus chamber inside a human silhouette, with breath-winds and craving-waves moving through.","lighting_mood":"storm-lit with a steady inner lamp","color_palette":["flame red","soot black","storm gray","lamp-gold","lotus pink"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: dramatic inner-battle within a torso-shaped frame, gold leaf highlighting the central bhakti-lamp and heart-lotus, rich reds and blacks for kāma/krodha flames, ornate borders with Vishnu symbols (chakra, shankha) suggesting divine protection, gem-studded accents on the lamp to signify steadiness.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: refined allegory with delicate figures of kāma/krodha as courtly demons, breath-winds as pale ribbons, soft mountain-like gradients inside the silhouette, cool grays contrasted with warm lamp-gold, lyrical composition emphasizing inner discipline.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and stylized demon-forms for kāma/krodha, flat red/black fields, central golden lamp and lotus heart, rhythmic breath-lines like mural ornamentation, strong didactic clarity.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central heart-lotus with ornate floral borders, deep blue background, kāma/krodha as swirling red motifs around the lotus, gold highlights on the inner lamp, subtle peacock-feather patterns implying Krishna/Vishnu-bhakti as the harmonizing force."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["mridangam accents","sharp hand-cymbals (soft)","breath-like whoosh ambience","temple bell at cadence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: श्वसनैश्चोपमर्दितम् = श्वसनैः + च + उपमर्दितम्; रागद्वेष वशानुगम् → रागद्वेषवशानुगम् (समास/सन्धि).
FAQs
It describes inner bondage: the mind (or embodied being) is driven by desire and anger, pulled by craving for pleasures, and compelled by attachment and aversion.
Rāga is clinging attraction/attachment and dveṣa is rejecting aversion; together they form a pair of impulses that keep one reactive and spiritually obscured.
It cautions that unrestrained desire, anger, and craving lead to loss of self-mastery; cultivating restraint and clarity weakens the sway of rāga-dveṣa.