Shloka 7

The Glory of Plastering/Smearing (and Maintaining) Hari’s Temple

Devanagari script

असत्यभाषी क्रूरश्च परस्त्रीगमने रतः । गोमांसाशी सुरापश्च पाखंडजनसंगभाक्

Transliteration

asatyabhāṣī krūraśca parastrīgamane rataḥ | gomāṃsāśī surāpaśca pākhaṃḍajanasaṃgabhāk

Translation

તે અસત્ય બોલનાર, ક્રૂર સ્વભાવનો, પરસ્ત્રીગમનમાં આસક્ત; ગોમાસ ભક્ષણ કરનાર, સુરાપાન કરનાર અને પાખંડી લોકોની સંગત કરનાર હતો।

Word by Word

• asatyabhāṣī: speaker of falsehood
• asatyabhāṣī: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-satya-bhāṣin (प्रातिपदिक); a- (नञ्) + satya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣin (कृदन्त from √bhāṣ)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of implied subject (daṇḍakaḥ)

• krūraḥ: cruel
• krūraḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of implied subject

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samucchaya-nipāta (Conjunction/समुच्चयनिपात)

• para-strī-gamane: in going to another’s wife (adultery)
• para-strī-gamane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-strī-gamana (प्रातिपदिक); para (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन)

• rataḥ: addicted/engaged
• rataḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (कृदन्त from √ram, past participle used adjectivally)
• Form: Kta (Past passive participle/क्त), Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); with locative 'parastrīgamane'

• go-māṃsa-āśī: eater of cow-flesh
• go-māṃsa-āśī: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: go-māṃsa-āśin (प्रातिपदिक); go (प्रातिपदिक) + māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśin (कृदन्त from √aś)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of implied subject

• surāpaḥ: drinker of liquor
• surāpaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: surā-pa (प्रातिपदिक); surā (प्रातिपदिक) + pa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of implied subject

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samucchaya-nipāta (Conjunction/समुच्चयनिपात)

• pākhaṇḍa-jana-saṅga-bhāk: one who keeps company with heretics/hypocrites
• pākhaṇḍa-jana-saṅga-bhāk: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pākhaṇḍa-jana-saṅga-bhāj (प्रातिपदिक); pākhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक from √bhaj, 'partaker')
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); stem bhāj with nominative singular form bhāk; viśeṣaṇa of implied subject

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses in Brahma-khaṇḍa 4.2).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: krūraḥ + ca → krūraś ca (written: krūraśca).

FAQs

What ethical behaviors are condemned in this verse?

The verse lists lying, cruelty, adultery (relations with another man’s wife), eating cow’s flesh, drinking liquor, and associating with pākhaṇḍas (hypocritical/heterodox persons) as blameworthy conduct.

What does “pākhaṇḍa-jana-saṅgabhāk” imply?

It implies a person who seeks or shares the company of pākhaṇḍas—those seen in Purāṇic discourse as hypocritical, deceptive, or heterodox—suggesting moral and spiritual harm through corrupt association.

How is this verse used within Purāṇic moral teaching?

Such verses typically function as diagnostic lists of sinful traits, warning that character and associations shape one’s spiritual decline and social harm, and preparing for subsequent verses that describe consequences or remedies.