Shloka 93
The Supremacy of Food-Charity and the Rāma–Śambūka Episode
Child Revived through Rājadharma
ममापराधाद्बालोऽसौ ब्राह्मणस्यैकपुत्रकः । अप्राप्तकालः कालेन नीतो वैवस्वत क्षयम्
mamāparādhādbālo'sau brāhmaṇasyaikaputrakaḥ | aprāptakālaḥ kālena nīto vaivasvata kṣayam
Durch mein Vergehen ist jener Knabe—der einzige Sohn eines Brāhmaṇa—obwohl seine Todeszeit noch nicht gekommen war, von der Zeit in das Reich des Vaivasvata (Yama) geführt worden.
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Concept: Personal wrongdoing can ripple into grievous consequences for innocents; acknowledging fault is the first step toward dharmic repair and restitution.
Application: Own harm without excuses; when your mistake affects others, prioritize repair over self-justification.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sorrowful confessor speaks with downcast eyes, the weight of guilt visible in his posture, while a shadowy vision of Yama’s realm opens behind him like a dark doorway. In that distant, austere landscape, the brāhmaṇa’s only son appears as a faint, pale figure being drawn toward Vaivasvata’s city by the pull of Time.","primary_figures":["Confessing speaker (unspecified)","Yama (Vaivasvata) as distant symbolic presence","The brāhmaṇa’s child (ethereal)","Kāla personified (optional, as a dark silhouette)"],"setting":"A liminal space between worlds—foreground of human speech, background of Yamapura with iron gates, smoky horizons, and judgmental stillness.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["ash gray","midnight blue","dull gold","pale cyan","blood red accents"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: foreground confessor with expressive face; background inset of Yamapura with Yama enthroned, gold leaf used sparingly to contrast the somber palette; ornate yet restrained borders, dramatic chiaroscuro-like color blocking, symbolic iron-gate motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: poetic gloom—soft night blues, delicate rendering of the child as a translucent figure; Yamapura suggested with minimal architecture and mist; refined lines, emotional subtlety, restrained ornamentation.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: strong outlines, stylized Yama with buffalo emblem in a background panel; confessor in foreground with sorrowful eyes; earthy reds and dark blues, decorative border motifs of time-wheel and noose.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: atypical somber pichwai—deep indigo cloth, lotus border subdued; central medallion of the child drifting toward a dark gate; gold motifs used as thin filigree to suggest karmic net, maintaining intricate patterning."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["deep silence","low drone","distant wind","soft bell single strikes"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ममापराधात् = मम अपराधात्; अपराधाद्बालः = अपराधात् बालः (त् + ब → द्ब); बालोऽसौ = बालः असौ; ब्राह्मणस्यैकपुत्रकः = ब्राह्मणस्य एकपुत्रकः; वैवस्वत क्षयम् (पाठे) = वैवस्वतम् क्षयम् (अर्थतः).
FAQs
Vaivasvata refers to Yama, the lord of death (son of Vivasvān). 'Vaivasvata-kṣaya' means Yama’s abode/realm—symbolically, the destination associated with death and judgment.
It indicates “not yet at the appointed time,” highlighting the idea of an untimely death and raising a moral-theological emphasis on how wrongdoing (aparādha) can precipitate suffering and disruption of expected life order.
The verse stresses personal accountability: one’s offence can cause harm to others, even the innocent, and therefore demands repentance, restraint, and adherence to dharma.