Shloka 2

Determination of Expiations: Purification after Forbidden Food, Impurity, and Transgression

Devanagari script

प्राजापत्यद्वयं कुर्य्यात्तीर्थाभिगमनं मुने । वृषैकादशगोदानं सशिखं वपनं ततः

Transliteration

prājāpatyadvayaṃ kuryyāttīrthābhigamanaṃ mune | vṛṣaikādaśagodānaṃ saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Wahai resi, hendaklah dilakukan dua laku tapa Prājāpatya, lalu berziarah ke tīrtha (tempat suci). Sesudah itu hendaklah didermakan seekor lembu jantan dan sebelas ekor sapi, kemudian mencukur kepala dengan tetap memelihara śikhā (jambul suci).

Word by Word

• prājāpatya-dvayam: two Prājāpatya (penances)
• prājāpatya-dvayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prājāpatya (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘two Prājāpatya (penances)’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• tīrtha-abhigamanam: pilgrimage/going to a tīrtha
• tīrtha-abhigamanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + abhigamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘going to a sacred place’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• vṛṣa-eka-daśa-go-dānam: donation of one bull and eleven cows
• vṛṣa-eka-daśa-go-dānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + eka-daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound meaning ‘gift of one bull and eleven cows’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• sa-śikham: with the śikhā (topknot) retained
• sa-śikham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/स-उपसर्गवत्) + śikhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘with topknot’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifies vapanaṃ (shaving)

• vapanam: shaving
• vapanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival/sequence adverb

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a sage (muni) in instruction

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: kuryyāt tīrthābhigamanam = kuryāt + tīrtha-abhigamanam (t + t → tt); tīrthābhigamanam = tīrtha + abhigamanam (ā-sandhi).

FAQs

What practices are prescribed in this verse?

It prescribes (1) two Prājāpatya observances, (2) visiting a tīrtha, (3) donating one bull and eleven cows, and (4) shaving the head while retaining the śikhā.

What is the purpose of combining pilgrimage, donation, and tonsure here?

The verse presents a structured ritual sequence that integrates austerity (vrata), sanctification through sacred travel (tīrtha), ethical merit through gifting (dāna), and bodily rite/renewal (vapana) as a complete dharmic regimen.

Does this verse indicate a specific sectarian (Vaishnava/Shaiva) emphasis?

No explicit deity or sectarian marker appears in the verse; it reads as a general dharma/ritual instruction within the Brahma-khaṇḍa context.