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Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick
Dantakāṣṭha
धरण्युवाच ॥ सर्वकालकृतं कर्म क्लेशेन महताऽनघ ॥ कथमेकापराधेन सर्वमेव प्रणश्यति ॥
dharaṇyuvāca || sarvakālakṛtaṃ karma kleśena mahatā ’nagha || katham ekāparādhena sarvam eva praṇaśyati ||
धरनी ने पूछा। बोलो, इतने साल की मेहनत से जो कर्म बुना है, एक गलती से सब कैसे खत्म हो सकता है? इतनी मेहनत लगी थी, अब एक छोटी सी गलती से सब गायब?
Pṛthivī (Dharā)
It reflects a Purāṇic-legal style of inquiry into moral causality, aligning narrative dialogue with dharmaśāstric concerns about offense (aparādha) and the fragility of merit.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is framed as a doctrinal question within a dialogue between Earth (Pṛthivī) and Varāha.
The verse foregrounds accountability by asking how a single transgression can negate long-accrued merit, prompting a discussion of conduct and expiation.
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