राजा सुराणां हि महानुरागी स्वकर्मसंसिद्धिमहाप्रवीणः । तस्मात्सदा क्लेशपरः शचीपतिः स्वकामभावात्मपरो हि नित्यम्
rājā surāṇāṃ hi mahānurāgī svakarmasaṃsiddhimahāpravīṇaḥ | tasmātsadā kleśaparaḥ śacīpatiḥ svakāmabhāvātmaparo hi nityam
دیوتاؤں کا راجا گہری وابستگی رکھنے والا ہے، اگرچہ اپنے اعمال و مقاصد کی تکمیل میں نہایت ماہر ہے۔ اسی لیے شَچی کے پتی اندَر ہمیشہ رنج و کلفت میں گھرا رہتا ہے، کہ وہ ہر دم اپنی خواہشات اور خودساختہ کیفیات ہی میں منہمک رہتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; characterization of Indra within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Indra portrayed as majestic yet inwardly troubled—crown and thunderbolt present, but eyes anxious—contrasted with the calm ideal of dispassion implied by the verse.
Worldly competence without inner dispassion keeps one bound to anxiety and suffering, even at the highest status.
The verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra setting, but it primarily teaches a moral psychology rather than praising a specific tirtha.
None directly; it implicitly recommends overcoming self-centered desire through spiritual discipline.
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