निर्वेदेकोऽस्य हृदये धनक्षेत्रादिसंभवः । गृहीतं यदनेनाद्य बालेनापि महाव्रतम् । रक्ताक्षं काककृष्णांगं सत्वरं किं न पश्यथि
nirvedeko'sya hṛdaye dhanakṣetrādisaṃbhavaḥ | gṛhītaṃ yadanenādya bālenāpi mahāvratam | raktākṣaṃ kākakṛṣṇāṃgaṃ satvaraṃ kiṃ na paśyathi
“اس کے دل میں تو بس مال و کھیت وغیرہ سے پیدا ہونے والی دنیاوی بیزاری ہے۔ پھر بھی آج اس نے بچے کی طرح ‘مہاورت’ اختیار کر لیا۔ تم فوراً اس کی حقیقت کیوں نہیں دیکھتے—سرخ آنکھیں، اور کوّے کی مانند سیاہ اعضا؟”
Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s recitation in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A figure claiming a great vow is unmasked: red eyes, crow-black limbs, the aura of a hidden demon beneath a superficial ascetic pose; witnesses react with alarm.
True dharma requires inner transformation; vows taken without purity become hypocrisy and lead to ruin.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, highlighting Prabhāsa as a dharma-revealing sacred landscape.
A ‘mahāvrata’ is mentioned, but in a critical tone—implying that mere adoption of a vow is not meritorious without sincerity.