Shloka 159
Means to Slay Tāraka: Girijā’s Birth, Kāma’s Burning, and Umā’s Austerities
तृष्णा मुष्णाति निष्णातं फललोभाश्रयात्पुनः । स्त्रीणां हि परमं जन्म कुलानामुभयात्मनाम्
tṛṣṇā muṣṇāti niṣṇātaṃ phalalobhāśrayātpunaḥ | strīṇāṃ hi paramaṃ janma kulānāmubhayātmanām
渴爱会夺走甚至博学者的定慧，当它再次依托于对果报的贪求。诚然，女子最高的归趣，是护持并延续两系家族——母系与父系——的血脉。
Unspecified (context-dependent within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa narrative)
Concept: Desire (tṛṣṇā) can steal even a learned person’s clarity when driven by fruit-greed; social roles and lineage duties are framed as a ‘highest destiny’ within worldly dharma.
Application: Watch for subtle ‘result-greed’ in spiritual or social actions; practice offering outcomes to God, and act from duty and compassion rather than reputation.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sage instructs a small gathering: one side shows a learned man distracted by glittering coins and ritual rewards, while the other shows a calm householder offering a simple lamp with folded hands. Above them, an abstract motif of a ‘thief’ made of smoke symbolizes tṛṣṇā stealing discernment.","primary_figures":["a teaching sage","a learned man tempted by rewards","a steady householder","symbolic figure of tṛṣṇā (allegorical)"],"setting":"ashram teaching pavilion with palm-leaf manuscripts, offering tray, and a simple yajna-kunda","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["manuscript tan","saffron gold","smoke grey","emerald green","midnight blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: didactic tableau with a rishi teaching, one figure reaching toward gold coins (phala-lobha) and another offering a lamp to Vishnu, gold leaf emphasizing coins and halos, rich reds/greens, ornate borders, traditional iconography with moral symbolism.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: split-scene moral illustration, delicate brushwork, cool natural palette, sage under a canopy, subtle symbolic smoke-thief of desire, refined faces showing temptation vs serenity, lyrical ashram landscape.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, allegorical tṛṣṇā as smoky form, sage with commanding posture, strong red/yellow/green pigments, temple-wall didactic composition with clear moral contrast.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: devotional moral panel framed by lotus and floral borders, deep blue ground with gold highlights, central sage, side vignettes of greed vs offering, peacocks and vines, intricate ornamentation in Nathdwara-inspired layout."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["palm-leaf pages turning","soft mridangam pulse","temple bell punctuations","morning birds"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: फललोभाश्रयात् = फल + लोभ + आश्रयात्; कुलानामुभयात्मनाम् = कुलानाम् + उभयात्मनाम्
FAQs
It warns that craving—especially when tied to greed for outcomes—can undermine even a well-educated person’s discernment and steadiness.
It presents attachment to outcomes as the foothold through which craving re-enters and ‘steals’ one’s wisdom, implying a need for disciplined, duty-oriented action rather than result-obsession.
It states that a woman’s highest role/destiny is connected with sustaining and honoring family lineages—understood here as encompassing both maternal and paternal lines (ubhayātmanām).