Shloka 60
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
स्रवंति सर्वतीर्थानि तस्मान्न परिपीडयेत् । देवाः पिबंति शिरसि श्मश्रुतः पितरस्तथा
sravaṃti sarvatīrthāni tasmānna paripīḍayet | devāḥ pibaṃti śirasi śmaśrutaḥ pitarastathā
هناك تجري جميع التيـرثات المقدّسة؛ لذلك لا ينبغي تعذيبه أو إيذاؤه. فالآلهة تشرب عند الرأس، وكذلك يشرب الآباء الأسلاف (البيتْر) من اللحية.
Unspecified (context-dependent within Adhyaya 49; likely a narrator/teacher voice in the dialogue tradition)
Concept: The body is a confluence of all tīrthas; harming or ‘tormenting’ it (or its sacred points) violates unseen ritual ecology where devas and pitṛs partake.
Application: Treat grooming and bathing as sacred acts: avoid harsh wringing, rough handling, or careless impurity; maintain cleanliness with a devotional attitude, remembering that subtle beings are ‘served’ through proper conduct.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A symbolic, semi-mystical composition: the devotee’s head and beard are depicted as luminous ‘tīrtha-ghāṭas’ where tiny radiant devas sip from the crown while gentle, ancestral figures receive offerings near the beard. Streams of light flow like miniature rivers across the body, suggesting ‘all tīrthas’ converging within.","primary_figures":["a meditating householder","devas (miniature radiant forms)","pitṛs (soft, ancestral silhouettes)"],"setting":"an abstracted inner-temple space merging a river confluence with the human form, with faint lotus patterns and water motifs","lighting_mood":"divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","moon white","antique gold","smoky lavender","deep teal"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: iconic frontal figure with head and beard rendered as sacred ghats, devas as tiny gold-haloed beings at the crown, pitṛs near the beard receiving water, heavy gold-leaf radiance outlining ‘sarva-tīrtha’ streams, rich crimson background, ornate temple arch framing the composition.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: lyrical allegory with delicate brushwork—softly modeled face, translucent devas and pitṛs, flowing light-rivers across the figure, cool blues and pale gold, refined naturalism with a faint riverbank and trees blending into the body’s silhouette.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized figure with bold outlines, symbolic water bands across the head and beard, devas and pitṛs in simplified iconographic forms, temple-wall palette of ochre, red, green, and black, decorative borders with lotus and conch motifs.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: patterned blue ‘river’ motifs flowing through a central figure, lotus clusters and tulasi-like foliage in the border, gold highlights for devas, ancestral forms in soft beige, intricate floral framing in Nathdwara tradition, emphasizing sacred water and inner pilgrimage."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["conch shell","temple bells","subtle drone (tanpura)","flowing water","soft cymbals"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मान्न = तस्मात् + न; श्मश्रुतः taken as śmaśrutaḥ (abl. sg.) per transmitted text.
FAQs
It presents a sacred-physiological symbolism: all tīrthas are said to ‘flow’ there (i.e., in the sanctified locus being described), making it a concentrated seat of purity and pilgrimage merit.
It uses ritual symbolism to mark distinct divine and ancestral realms of nourishment/offerings—gods associated with the head (higher, celestial) and Pitṛs with the beard (ancestral/ritual lineage), emphasizing sanctity and proper reverence.
Because it is a bearer of sacred tīrthas, it should not be harmed, oppressed, or treated harshly—teaching non-injury and reverence toward what is considered holy.