Shloka 796
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता निर्मर्यादा हतत्विष: । दैत्यगण कृतघ्न
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā nirmaryādā hatatviṣaḥ | daityagaṇāḥ kṛtaghnā nāstikāḥ pāpācāriṇaḥ tathā gurupatnīgāminaḥ abhavan |
释迦罗说道：“檀那婆众已沉溺于食用不当之物。他们抛却一切约束，逾越达摩的界限而恣意行事，因此光辉衰落。他们变成忘恩负义者、不信者、惯行罪业者——甚至亵渎师长之妻的神圣。”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Indra links inner moral collapse to outward loss of splendor: when beings violate dharma—through forbidden consumption, lawlessness, ingratitude, disbelief, and grave sexual transgression—they become ‘hatatviṣ’, deprived of radiance. Ethical restraint (maryādā) is presented as the basis of dignity and power.
Śakra (Indra) describes the Daitya hosts as having fallen into adharma. He lists their corrupt behaviors—eating forbidden things, rejecting moral boundaries, becoming ungrateful and irreligious, and committing the extreme offense of approaching the guru’s wife—and explains that this is why they have lost their brilliance.