Shloka 10
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
स्वार्थाय स्निग्धहृदया यथैवैते ममोपरि ।
प्रवृत्ते स्वार्थमास्थाय तथैव प्रतिभासि मे ॥
svārthāya snigdhahṛdayā yathaivaite mamopari / pravṛtte svārtham āsthāya tathaiva pratibhāsi me //
“Như hai kẻ ấy, tuy có vẻ mềm lòng, vẫn đối xử với ta vì mục đích riêng—hành động trong sự chấp giữ lợi mình—thì ngươi đối với ta cũng hiện ra như vậy.”
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FAQs
The verse challenges sentimentalism: even ‘tender-hearted’ behavior can be driven by self-interest. Dharma requires examining intention (bhāva) alongside action.
Dharma-upadeśa via narrative (ākhyāna), contributing to the Purāṇa’s instructional function rather than its cosmological registers.
‘Tender heart’ paired with ‘self-interest’ signals the mixed guṇas in worldly love: sattva-like softness can be harnessed by rāga (attachment) to bind and appropriate.