Sutra 44

Devanagari script

अश्रद्दधानानामाचमनप्रोक्षणेषु रसमुपचार्य देवताभिशापं ब्रूयात् अभित्यक्तं वा दंशयित्वा ॥ कZ_०५.२.४४ ॥

Transliteration

aśraddadhānānām ācamanaprokṣaṇeṣu rasam upacārya devatābhiśāpaṃ brūyāt abhityaktaṃ vā daṃśayitvā ।

Translation

For those who do not believe, by applying a substance to their sipping-water or sprinkling-water, he should declare the “curse of the deity”; or he should have them bitten by something set upon them.

Word by Word

• अश्रद्दधानानाम्: of those who are unbelieving / lacking faith
• Type: Noun/Participle (used substantively)
• Root: श्रद्-धा (श्रद्धा)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; वर्तमानकाले शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्तः (अश्रद्दधान = ‘अविश्वसन्’), नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारम्; ‘अश्रद्दधान’ + ‘नाम्’ (gen.pl.)

• आचमन-प्रोक्षणेषु: in the acts of sipping (purificatory water) and sprinkling (consecrated water)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: आ-चम् (आचमन), प्र-उक्ष् (प्रोक्षण)
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्वसमासः: आचमनं च प्रोक्षणं च; समाहार/इतरेतर-भावः; ‘-एषु’ loc.pl.

• रसम्: a sap/juice; a flavorful liquid (as the substance used)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः

• उपचार्य: having applied/used (it) as a treatment/ministration
• Type: Verb (gerund)
• Root: उप-चर्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having applied/used/served (as a ritual treatment)’

• देवता-अभिशापम्: a curse (invoked) of/through the deity
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: देवता, अभि-शप्
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देवतायाः अभिशापः; पुंलिङ्गः

• ब्रूयात्: he should utter / pronounce
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• अभित्यक्तम्: (one) abandoned / cast off
• Type: Participle
• Root: अभि-त्यज्
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारम्; ‘abandoned/renounced’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• दंशयित्वा: having caused (someone) to be bitten/stung
• Type: Verb (gerund)
• Root: दंश् (causative)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + क्त्वा; ‘having caused to bite/sting’

Entities Mentioned

• skeptics/unbelievers
• ritual attendants/agents
• deity cult apparatus

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FAQs

What governance function does this serve?

Deterrence: it suppresses skepticism that could undermine revenue and authority by making disbelief appear dangerous.

What is the method of ‘manufactured causality’?

Introduce a substance or engineer a bite, then attribute the resulting harm to divine curse.