Shloka 27
शिंबी पापकरा प्रोक्ता पूतिका ब्रह्मघातिका । वार्ताक्यां सुतनाशः स्याच्चिररोगी च माषके
śiṃbī pāpakarā proktā pūtikā brahmaghātikā | vārtākyāṃ sutanāśaḥ syāccirarogī ca māṣake
ຊິມບີ ຖືກກ່າວວ່າເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ເກີດບາບ; ປູຕິກາ ຖືກກ່າວວ່າຮ້າຍແຮງດຸດບາບພຣະຫມະຫັດຍາ. ກິນວາຣຕາກີ ອາດເຮັດໃຫ້ເສຍລູກຊາຍ; ແລະກິນມາສະ ນຳໃຫ້ເກີດໂລກເຮື້ອຮັງຍາວນານ.
Unspecified narrator within the chapter’s didactic dialogue (traditional frame commonly: Pulastya instructing Bhīṣma in Brahma-khaṇḍa sections).
Concept: Vrata discipline is portrayed as safeguarding dharma’s pillars—purity, progeny, and health—while dietary lapses invite heavy karmic repercussions.
Application: Use vow-periods to strengthen habits that protect long-term wellbeing and family harmony; interpret the verse as urging careful choices and accountability during sacred months.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A household shrine scene charged with concern: the devotee offers a lamp to Viṣṇu while a child sleeps peacefully in the background, symbolizing the ‘putra’ stake mentioned. On a side mat, forbidden legumes and vegetables are shown with a faint, smoky aura, as if the vow itself is warning the family to choose purity for health and lineage.","primary_figures":["Kārtika-vratin devotee","Viṣṇu (shrine icon)","Child (symbolic of progeny)"],"setting":"Domestic shrine room opening into a sleeping area; brass lamp, conch, and clean offering plates; subtle separation between sacred offerings and ordinary food.","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["honey gold","soft ivory","indigo shadow","leaf green","copper brown"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: central Viṣṇu icon with gold leaf halo, devotee holding a lit dīpa; background shows a sleeping child under a canopy to symbolize lineage protection; at the lower edge, stylized śiṃbī, pūtikā, vārtākī, māṣa depicted with muted tones and a faint smoky aura; rich reds/greens, embossed gold, ornate borders, devotional domestic sanctity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: tender dawn interior, soft light on the lamp and the child’s face, the devotee’s calm yet concerned expression; delicate botanical rendering of legumes/vegetables set aside; cool-to-warm gradient sky through a window, refined lines and gentle narrative symbolism.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, warm yellow-red fields around the shrine, green accents for the food motifs; large-eyed Viṣṇu icon, devotee in simple attire, child rendered iconically; border of repeating lamp motifs to emphasize Kārtika.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central Viṣṇu with lamp garlands, surrounding panels show symbolic ‘health’ and ‘lineage’ motifs—cradle, medicinal herbs, and set-aside vegetables—interlaced with lotus vines; deep blue and gold, intricate floral borders, devotional symmetry."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["gentle bells","tanpura drone","soft lullaby-like hush","lamp crackle"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्याच्चिररोगी = स्यात् + चिररोगी; (च is present separately in text as '... चिररोगी च ...').
FAQs
It lists specific food items and associates them with negative karmic outcomes—sin, severe demerit, loss of progeny, and chronic illness—framing diet as an ethical and spiritual discipline.
The wording presents it as “brahmaghātikā,” i.e., producing demerit comparable in gravity to brahma-hatyā within the text’s moral rhetoric about purity rules; interpretive traditions may read this as a strong deterrent rather than a legal equivalence.
The verse reinforces the Purāṇic principle that everyday choices—especially diet—carry karmic and psychosomatic consequences, encouraging restraint (niyama) and mindful living aligned with dharma.