Shloka 29
Dharma of the Renunciant: Alms Discipline, Meditation, and Expiations
भूयो निर्वेदमापन्नश्चरेद्भिक्षुरतंद्रितः । अकस्मादेव हिंसां तु यदि भिक्षुः समाचरेत्
bhūyo nirvedamāpannaścaredbhikṣurataṃdritaḥ | akasmādeva hiṃsāṃ tu yadi bhikṣuḥ samācaret
إذا عاد المتسوّل الناسك إلى الزهد المقرون بالندم، فليُدِم عيشه على الصدقات يقظًا غير متكاسل. أمّا إن أقدم راهبٌ متسوّل (بهكشو) على العنف فجأةً بلا سبب،
Unspecified (narrative/teaching voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa 60)
Concept: A mendicant must renew dispassion and maintain vigilant alms-life; sudden violence is a grave breach requiring immediate moral reckoning.
Application: When agitation arises, pause, re-enter detachment, and choose non-harm; keep daily routines disciplined so impulses do not become actions.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A lone bhikṣu walks a quiet village path at dawn with a begging bowl, eyes lowered in restraint. A sudden provocation—an aggressive dog or a quarrel—arises at the roadside, and the scene freezes at the moment he chooses non-violence, turning inward to renewed dispassion.","primary_figures":["bhikṣu (mendicant)","village householders (background)"],"setting":"Indian village edge with banyan shade, small shrine-stone, dust path, early-morning alms round","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["saffron ochre","ash gray","banyan green","soft sunrise gold","earthen brown"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a serene bhikṣu in saffron cloth holding a brass begging bowl, standing beneath a stylized banyan tree near a small Vishnu shrine-stone; gold leaf halo-like radiance around the figure to signify inner vairagya, rich vermilion and emerald accents, ornate border motifs of lotus and conch, South Indian iconographic clarity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate-lined ascetic on a winding village path at dawn, cool pastel sky, small figures of villagers in the distance, lyrical trees and a quiet shrine; refined facial features, gentle narrative tension showing the moment of restraint, soft washes of ochre and pale green.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and flat natural pigments; bhikṣu with large expressive eyes, simplified village shrine and banyan, symbolic gesture of abhaya (non-harm); dominant reds, yellows, greens with a calm, temple-wall compositional symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central ascetic figure framed by lotus borders and conch-disc motifs; background includes a small Narayana shrine and stylized flora, peacocks at the edge; deep indigo ground with gold detailing to suggest inner vigilance and purity."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["morning birds","soft temple bell","distant village hush","gentle wind"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: nirvedamāpannaḥ = nirvedam + āpannaḥ; āpannaścared = āpannaḥ + caret; caredbhikṣuḥ = caret + bhikṣuḥ; akasmādeva = akasmāt + eva.
FAQs
The verse stresses vigilant, unlazy conduct and continuing the mendicant’s life with renewed dispassion and repentance.
Even for renunciants, violence is treated as a serious moral breach; the verse frames sudden, causeless harm as especially blameworthy.
Not directly; it is primarily an ethical-dharmic instruction focused on renunciant conduct (bhikṣu-dharma) and non-violence.