Sutra 60
Devanagari script
प्रतिपन्नं चैत्यस्थाने रात्रौ प्रभूतसुरामांसगन्धमुपहारं कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०५.२.६० ॥
Transliteration
pratipannaṃ caityasthāne rātrau prabhūtasurāmāṃsagandhamupahāraṃ kārayet
Translation
Und sobald er zugestimmt hat, soll nachts an einem Schreinort ein Opfer dargebracht werden, das stark nach Alkohol und Fleisch riecht.
Word by Word
प्रतिपन्नम्a pre-arranged / previously agreed (offering/act)
प्रतिपन्नम्:
TypeParticiple (Verbal adjective)
Root√पद् (पद् गतौ) + प्रति- (उपसर्ग)
Formकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (कर्मपद)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
चैत्यस्थानेat a shrine/holy place
चैत्यस्थाने:
TypeNoun
Rootचैत्य + स्थान
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (अधिकरण)
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (कालाधिकरण) — ‘at night’
प्रभूतसुरामांसगन्धम्having a strong smell of liquor and meat
प्रभूतसुरामांसगन्धम्:
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootप्रभूत + सुरा + मांस + गन्ध
Formपुं/नपुंसक-रूपेण विशेषणम्; एकवचन, द्वितीया (उपहारम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)
उपहारम्an offering / gift
उपहारम्:
TypeNoun
Rootउप-√हृ (हृ हरणे) → उपहार
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (कर्म)
कारयेत्should cause (someone) to make/do/arrange
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
Formणिच्-प्रयोजक (causative) ‘कारयति’; विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
Entities Mentioned
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caityasthāna (shrine-site)U
upahāra (offering)FAQs
A secluded, socially charged setting increases secrecy, heightens suggestibility, and makes later denial harder.
It signals transgressive ritual indulgence, pushing the target into compromising behavior that can be exploited.