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Shloka 19

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

भूमिप्रदानं कुर्याद्‌ यः सुरां पीत्वा विमत्सर: । पुनर्न च पिबेद्‌ राजन्‌ संस्कृत: स च शुद्ध्यति

bhūmipradānaṁ kuryād yaḥ surāṁ pītvā vimatsaraḥ | punar na ca pibed rājan saṁskṛtaḥ sa ca śuddhyati ||

ব্যাসে ক’লে—হে ৰাজন, যি লোকে সুৰা পান কৰাৰ পাছতো ঈৰ্ষ্যা-দ্বেষ ত্যাগ কৰি ভূমিদান কৰে আৰু তাৰপিছত কেতিয়াও পুনৰ পান নকৰে, সি নিৰ্ধাৰিত সংস্কাৰ (প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত) সম্পন্ন কৰিলে শুদ্ধ হয়।

भूमि-प्रदानम्gift of land
भूमि-प्रदानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि-प्रदान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुर्यात्should do / should perform
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुराम्liquor
सुराम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुरा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootपा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (sense)
विमत्सरःfree from envy/jealousy
विमत्सरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविमत्सर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पिबेत्should drink
पिबेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संस्कृतःpurified/ritually processed
संस्कृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंस्कृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शुद्ध्यतिbecomes purified
शुद्ध्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootशुध्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
R
rājan (the king addressed)
S
surā (liquor)
B
bhūmi (land)

Educational Q&A

Wrongdoing is not erased by ritual alone: one must (1) make amends through a meaningful gift (land-donation), (2) reform the mind by abandoning envy and hostility, and (3) commit to non-repetition by never drinking again; then the prescribed saṁskāra leads to purification.

Vyāsa instructs a king within a dharma-discourse on expiations, specifying a remedy for the fault of drinking liquor: charitable restitution, inner moral disposition, and future restraint, followed by a purificatory rite.