Shloka 13

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

रजस्वला च या नारी श्रित्रिकापुत्रिका च या । एताभिश्षक्षुषा दृष्टं हविरनाश्रन्ति देवता:

Transliteration

rajasvalā ca yā nārī śvitra-kāputrikā ca yā | etābhiḥ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭaṃ havir na aśnanti devatāḥ ||

Translation

Gārgya sprach: „Eine Frau während ihrer Menstruation und eine Frau, die an śvitra (‚weißer Lepra‘) oder an einer Hautkrankheit namens kāputrikā leidet—wenn das Opfer (havis) von solchen Frauen erblickt wird, nehmen die Götter an dieser Darbringung nicht teil.“

Word by Word

• रजस्वला: menstruating
• रजस्वला: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्वल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• या: who
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रित्रिकापुत्रिका: a daughter of Śrītrikā (proper-name patronymic)
• श्रित्रिकापुत्रिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रित्रिकापुत्रिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• या: who
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एताभिः: by these (women)
• एताभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• चक्षुषा: with the eye; by sight
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अश्नन्ति: eat; partake of
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

गार्ग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• गार्ग्य (Gārgya)
• देवताः (the deities)
• हविस् (sacrificial oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects a traditional ritual-ethical rule: certain conditions regarded as ritually inauspicious (menstruation and specific skin diseases) are said to affect the acceptability of sacrificial offerings, emphasizing the importance placed on purity protocols in yajña contexts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gārgya is stating a prescriptive claim about sacrificial procedure: if the oblation is seen by women in specified conditions, the gods are said not to accept (partake of) that havis, underscoring concerns about ritual propriety within the discourse of Anuśāsana Parva.