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Shloka 8

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

यदि ब्रह्महत्या करनेवाला पुरुष कृच्छुव्रतके अनुसार भोजन करे तो छ: वर्षोमें वह शुद्ध हो जाता है और एक-एक मासमें एक-एक कृच्छुव्रतका निर्वाह करते हुए भोजन करे तो वह तीन ही वर्षो्में पापमुक्त हो जाता है ।।

saṃvatsareṇa māsāśī pūyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | tathaivopavasan rājan svalpenāpi prapūyate ||

ব্যাস বললেন—যে ব্যক্তি মাসে একবার মাত্র আহার করে, সে এক বছরের মধ্যেই শুদ্ধ হয়; এতে কোনো সন্দেহ নেই। তদ্রূপ, হে রাজন, যে উপবাস-ব্রত গ্রহণ করে, সে অল্প সময়ের মধ্যেও সম্পূর্ণ শুদ্ধ হয়।

संवत्सरेणwithin/by a year
संवत्सरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
मासाशीone who eats monthly (once a month)
मासाशी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमासाशी
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूयतेis purified
पूयते:
TypeVerb
Rootपू (पूयते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (intransitive sense)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपवसन्fasting (one who fasts)
उपवसन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउपवस्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
स्वल्पेनby a little (time/effort)
स्वल्पेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वल्प
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
प्रपूयतेis completely purified
प्रपूयते:
TypeVerb
Rootपू (प्र+पूयते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (intransitive sense)

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
K
King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

Severe self-restraint—especially regulated eating and fasting—functions as prāyaścitta (expiation): it purifies even grave wrongdoing, and the stricter the discipline, the quicker the purification.

Vyāsa instructs a king on expiatory disciplines, stating that eating only once per month purifies within a year, and that fasting can purify in even less time, underscoring the efficacy of tapas within dharma.