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Shloka 90

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

विश्वामित्र उवाच नैवातिपापं भक्ष्यमाणस्य दुष्ट सुरां तु पीत्वा पततीति शब्द: । अन्योन्यकार्याणि यथा तथैव न पापमात्रेण कृतं हिनस्ति

Viśvāmitra uvāca: naivātipāpaṃ bhakṣyamāṇasya duṣṭa surāṃ tu pītvā patatīti śabdaḥ | anyonyakāryāṇi yathā tathaiva na pāpamātreṇa kṛtaṃ hinasti ||

វិශ්וואַមិត្រ បាននិយាយថា៖ «ខ្ញុំមិនឃើញមានពាក្យក្នុងសាស្ត្រណាមួយថា ការបរិភោគអ្វីដែលហាមឃាត់តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ នឹងក្លាយជាបាបធំដូចការសម្លាប់ព្រាហ្មណ៍ជាដើមឡើយ។ តែមានពាក្យបញ្ជាច្បាស់ថា ព្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលផឹកសុរា នឹងធ្លាក់ចេញពីស្ថានភាពរបស់ខ្លួន; ដូច្នេះ ការផឹកសុរា ត្រូវតែបោះបង់ជាដាច់ខាត។ ដូចដែលសកម្មភាពផ្សេងៗត្រូវបានហាមឃាត់តាមរបៀបរបស់វា ការបរិភោគអភក្ខ្យក៏ដូចគ្នា។ ទោះយ៉ាងណា បាបធម្មតាមួយដែលបានប្រព្រឹត្តម្តងក្នុងពេលអាសន្ន មិនអាចបំផ្លាញបុណ្យដែលបានសន្សំដោយការធ្វើល្អអស់មួយជីវិតបានទេ»។

विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra
विश्वामित्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वामित्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अति-पापम्a very great sin
अति-पापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअतिपाप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भक्ष्यमाणस्यof one who is eating
भक्ष्यमाणस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ष्यमाण
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
दुष्टम्bad/forbidden (food)
दुष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्ट
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुराम्liquor
सुराम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुरा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootपा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
पततिfalls (becomes degraded)
पतति:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
शब्दःstatement/word (scriptural utterance)
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्योन्य-कार्याणिmutually distinct acts (various acts)
अन्योन्य-कार्याणि:
TypeNoun
Rootअन्योन्यकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
तथाso/in that way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed/also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पाप-मात्रेणby mere sin alone
पाप-मात्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपापमात्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
कृतम्done/committed
कृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
हिनस्तिdestroys/harms
हिनस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular

विश्वामित्र उवाच

V
Viśvāmitra
S
surā (liquor)
B
Brāhmaṇa (as a social-religious status implied by 'patati')

Educational Q&A

Viśvāmitra distinguishes degrees of wrongdoing: drinking liquor is explicitly condemned as causing a Brāhmaṇa’s fall, whereas eating forbidden food is a prohibition but not necessarily an ‘extreme sin’ like brahmin-slaying. He further argues that a one-time, minor lapse in a crisis does not erase a lifetime of accumulated merit.

In a discussion on dharma—especially conduct under hardship—Viśvāmitra cites scriptural authority to weigh different prohibitions. He emphasizes that some acts have clearly stated severe consequences (surā-drinking), while others, though forbidden, should be judged with proportionality, particularly in times of distress.