परावसुरुवाच । गंडूषमेकं मद्यस्य मया पीतं द्विजोत्तमाः । तावन्मात्रं पिबाम्येव घृतं वह्निसमं कृतम्
parāvasuruvāca | gaṃḍūṣamekaṃ madyasya mayā pītaṃ dvijottamāḥ | tāvanmātraṃ pibāmyeva ghṛtaṃ vahnisamaṃ kṛtam
Parāvasu dijo: «Oh, los mejores entre los dos veces nacidos, bebí sólo un sorbo de licor. Por ello beberé ghee calentado hasta ser como fuego, en la misma medida».
Parāvasu
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)
Scene: Parāvasu declares he drank only one mouthful and vows to drink an equal mouthful of ghee heated like fire; the moment is one of courageous self-correction.
Taking responsibility and promptly undertaking expiation is presented as the dharmic response to a lapse.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a broader tīrtha-context narrative on purification.
The speaker commits to drinking fire-hot ghee equal to the small quantity (one mouthful) of liquor consumed.
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