Shloka 20
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
अंगिरा उवाच अशुचिर्त्रह्मकूटो<स्तु श्वानं च परिकर्षतु । ब्रह्महानिकृतिश्चास्तु यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्
aṅgirā uvāca | aśucir brahmakūṭo 'stu śvānaṃ ca parikarṣatu | brahmahānikṛtiś cāstu yas te harati puṣkaram ||
Aṅgirā dit : «Que celui qui a emporté ton lotus devienne impur ; qu’il soit un contempteur du Veda ; qu’il porte la marque du meurtrier d’un brāhmane ; et qu’il traîne des chiens avec lui, supportant la souillure et le fruit de tels péchés.»
अंगिरा उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that theft—especially of a valued or symbolically charged object—invites severe moral and social consequences, framed through traditional categories of impurity, anti-Vedic conduct, brahmahatyā-like stigma, and the burden of failing to perform expiation.
Aṅgirā pronounces an imprecation against the person who has taken the addressee’s lotus, wishing upon the thief a cluster of degrading conditions and grave sin-markers, thereby emphasizing accountability and the weight of wrongdoing.