Shloka 125

The Account of Kāṣṭhīlā (Kāṣṭhīlā-ākhyāna) within the Mohinī Narrative

Devanagari script

स्वर्णन्यासापहरणे मेदिनीहरणे च या । आत्मनो हनने या हि विहिता मुनिभिर्द्विज ॥ १२५ ॥

Transliteration

svarṇanyāsāpaharaṇe medinīharaṇe ca yā | ātmano hanane yā hi vihitā munibhirdvija || 125 ||

Translation

Oh dos veces nacido, la misma expiación que los sabios han prescrito para robar oro confiado, para usurpar tierras y, en verdad, para quitarse la propia vida, ha de aplicarse.

Word by Word

• स्वर्ण-न्यास-अपहरणे: in the theft of deposited gold
• स्वर्ण-न्यास-अपहरणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + अपहरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative) ‘in the stealing of deposited gold’

• मेदिनी-हरणे: in the stealing of land
• मेदिनी-हरणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + हरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• या: which
• या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हनने: in killing
• हनने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• या: which
• या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्धक

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• विहिता: ordained
• विहिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गतिः—अनुक्ता)

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent in passive sense)

• द्विज: O twice-born
• द्विज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Purana’s discourse; legal-dharmic instruction attributed to the sages)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It equates the moral gravity of betraying trust (stealing deposited gold), dispossessing others of land, and self-destruction, stressing that these acts severely violate dharma and therefore demand the highest level of purification (prāyaścitta).

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Indirectly: by insisting on ethical purity and accountability, it frames prāyaścitta as a prerequisite for steady devotion—one restores inner clarity and fitness for worship by correcting grave breaches of dharma.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

This is primarily Dharmaśāstra-style prāyaścitta instruction (aligned with Kalpa: ritual and legal procedure), focusing on how specific transgressions are matched with specific expiations.