Shloka 20
कालनिर्देशः शोकनिवारणं च
Instruction on Kāla and the Removal of Grief
प्राणात्यये तथाज्ञानादाचरन्मदिरामपि । आदेशितो धर्मपरै: पुन: संस्कारमरहति,अनजानमें अथवा प्राणसंकटके समय भी यदि मदिरापान कर ले तो बादमें धर्मात्मा पुरुषोंकी आज्ञाके अनुसार उसका पुनः संस्कार होना चाहिये
prāṇātyaye tathājñānād ācaran madirām api | ādeśito dharmaparaiḥ punaḥ saṃskāram arhati ||
ວະຍາສະກ່າວວ່າ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດດື່ມນ້ຳເມົາເພາະຄວາມບໍ່ຮູ້ ຫຼືໃນຍາມທີ່ຊີວິດຕົກຢູ່ໃນອັນຕະລາຍຮ້າຍແຮງ ຜູ້ນັ້ນກໍຍັງຄວນໄດ້ຮັບການ “ຊຳລະຄືນຄວາມສັກສິດ” ອີກໃນພາຍຫຼັງ ເມື່ອໄດ້ຮັບຄຳຊີ້ນຳຈາກຜູ້ມີທຳ ແລະຜູ້ຮັກທຳ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ຄວາມຜິດຖືກກຳນົດໂດຍເຈດຕະນາແລະສະພາບການ ແລະການຟື້ນຟູຈັນຍາຕາມພິທີທີ່ກຳນົດ ຍ່ອມເປັນໄປໄດ້ພາຍໃຕ້ການນຳພາ.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral responsibility is assessed with attention to intention and necessity: acts like drinking liquor, normally censured, may be mitigated when done unknowingly or under threat to life, and the person can be ethically restored through prescribed re-sanctification under the guidance of dharma-minded authorities.
Vyāsa states a rule within a dharma-discussion: if someone has consumed liquor due to ignorance or in a life-threatening emergency, then, upon the instruction of righteous elders/authorities, that person is eligible for a subsequent saṃskāra (restorative rite) to re-establish purity and social-religious standing.