अलक्षिता मदपरैर्भर्त्सयंती पदेपदे । यन्मया शापदग्धेन कृतमहो दुरत्ययम् । न शांतिर्जायते तस्य प्रायश्चित्तसहस्रकैः
alakṣitā madaparairbhartsayaṃtī padepade | yanmayā śāpadagdhena kṛtamaho duratyayam | na śāṃtirjāyate tasya prāyaścittasahasrakaiḥ
وهي لا يلحظها من سكروا بالكِبْر، لكنها توبّخني عند كل خطوة. آهٍ لي، أنا المحترق بلعنةٍ! ما صنعتُه ذنبٌ جسيمٌ عسيرُ التجاوز؛ ولا تنشأ له السكينةُ ولو بألوفٍ من أعمال الكفّارة.
King (unnamed in the snippet)
Scene: The king confesses with downcast eyes; a faint aura of ‘burning’ (curse) is symbolized as dark-red haze around him; behind, a subtle feminine figure (conscience/‘she’ who reproaches) appears as a shadowy presence; the sage remains compassionate.
Grave wrongdoing produces relentless inner torment; pride blinds one to it, and mere quantity of expiations cannot replace the right, divinely aligned remedy.
None directly; the verse emphasizes the moral-psychological weight of sin rather than a location.
Prāyaścitta (expiation) is mentioned—specifically that even thousands of expiations did not yield peace for this offense.