अश्रद्धां चैव दुर्मेधामविद्यायाः सुते उभे । श्रद्धामेधाविघातिन्यौ मर्त्येषु पर्यचोदयत्
aśraddhāṃ caiva durmedhāmavidyāyāḥ sute ubhe | śraddhāmedhāvighātinyau martyeṣu paryacodayat
پھر اس نے اَودھیا کی دو بیٹیاں—اَشرَدّھا (بےایمانی) اور دُرمیدھا (کج فہمی)—کو مَرتیہ لوک میں بھیجا، جو انسانوں میں عقیدت اور درست فہم کو مٹا دیتی ہیں۔
Purāṇic narrator (Brahmā’s action described)
Scene: Two shadowy feminine figures—Aśraddhā and Durmedhā—emerge from Avidyā and move among humans, dimming their devotion and clouding their intellect; japa beads slip from hands, sacred texts close.
Faith (śraddhā) and clear understanding (medhā) are essential for spiritual practice; their loss becomes a principal obstacle.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is an allegorical explanation of spiritual obstruction.
Implicitly, it warns that japa requires śraddhā and medhā; without them, practice is undermined.