Shloka 72

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

तर्पयित्वा गुरुं नित्यं सुरलोके प्रतिष्ठिताः । अस्नायी च मलं भुंक्ते अजपी पूयशोणितम्

Transliteration

tarpayitvā guruṃ nityaṃ suraloke pratiṣṭhitāḥ | asnāyī ca malaṃ bhuṃkte ajapī pūyaśoṇitam

Translation

من داوم على إرضاء الغورو وتكريمه استقرّ في عالم الآلهة. أمّا من لا يغتسل فيأكل القذر، ومن لا يلهج بالجابا يلتهم القيح والدم.

Word by Word

• तर्पयित्वा: having satisfied (offered tarpana to)
• तर्पयित्वा: पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla/Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तृप् (धातु) → तर्पय (णिजन्त-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) णिजन्त-प्रयोगः: ‘तर्पयित्वा’ = having satisfied (caused to be satisfied)

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक) / नित्यम् (क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (Adverbial accusative): ‘always’

• सुर-लोके: in the world of the gods
• सुर-लोके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरलोक (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः: ‘सुराणां लोकः’

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: are established / attain a firm place
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अस्नायी: one who does not bathe
• अस्नायी: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्नायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + स्नायिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास/उपपद-निषेधः: ‘one who does not bathe’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction/particle)

• मलम्: filth/impurity
• मलम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/consumes
• भुङ्क्ते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• अजपी: one who does not do japa (recitation)
• अजपी: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजपिन् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + जपिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास/उपपद-निषेधः: ‘one who does not recite/japa’

• पूय-शोणितम्: pus and blood
• पूय-शोणितम्: कर्म (Karma/Object) (of implied ‘भुङ्क्ते’ with ‘अजपी’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूयशोणित (प्रातिपदिक; पूय + शोणित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः द्वन्द्वः: ‘पूयं च शोणितं च’

Speaker

Unspecified (context needed from surrounding verses to identify the dialogue speaker)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: भुंक्ते → भुङ्क्ते (अनुस्वार-लेखनभेद). पूयशोणितम् = पूय + शोणितम् (द्वन्द्व-समास).

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Suraloka

FAQs

What practice is praised in this verse?

The verse praises regularly honouring and satisfying the guru (guru-sevā/tarpaṇa), stating it leads to establishment in the heavenly realm (suraloka).

Why does the verse use strong imagery like ‘eating filth’ and ‘consuming pus and blood’?

It is a moral-spiritual warning: neglect of basic disciplines like bathing (snāna) and mantra-recitation (japa) is portrayed as living in impurity, emphasizing the necessity of śauca and daily sādhana.

What is the ethical lesson conveyed?

Reverence to the teacher and personal spiritual hygiene—outer (bathing) and inner (japa)—are presented as essential disciplines; neglecting them degrades one’s life and conduct.