Shloka 37
The Glory of the Divine Name and the Doctrine of Name-Offenses
Nāma-aparādha
दद्याद्यो पुस्तकं भक्त्या सगच्छेद्धरिमंदिरम् । कुर्वंति विधिनानेन संपूर्णं पुस्तकं च ये । तेषां नामानि लिंपेत चित्रगुप्तोऽर्चनाद्द्विज
dadyādyo pustakaṃ bhaktyā sagaccheddharimaṃdiram | kurvaṃti vidhinānena saṃpūrṇaṃ pustakaṃ ca ye | teṣāṃ nāmāni liṃpeta citragupto'rcanāddvija
ഭക്തിയോടെ പുസ്തകം ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ഹരിമന്ദിരത്തിലേക്ക് (ഹരിധാമത്തിലേക്ക്) എത്തും. ഈ വിധിപ്രകാരം സമ്പൂർണ്ണ പുസ്തകം ഒരുക്കി അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവരുടെ നാമങ്ങൾ, ഹേ ദ്വിജ, ആ അർച്ചനയുടെ ഫലമായി ചിത്രഗുപ്തൻ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തും।
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Concept: Vidya-dāna (donation of sacred knowledge) offered with bhakti becomes arcana and yields Hari-prāpti; righteous acts are karmically audited and remembered.
Application: Support preservation/printing/teaching of dharma texts; donate books to temples, schools, and sādhus with humility; keep a personal practice of sharing knowledge without pride.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: temple
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A learned donor, hands joined, offers a freshly bound palm-leaf manuscript wrapped in red cloth to a serene Vaiṣṇava priest before a garlanded image of Hari. In a subtle celestial overlay, Citragupta sits with a golden stylus, inscribing the donor’s name in a luminous ledger as temple lamps flicker and conch echoes linger.","primary_figures":["Vishnu (Hari)","a Vaiṣṇava priest/ācārya","devotee donor","Citragupta"],"setting":"Temple mandapa with brass lamps, tulasi courtyard hinted at the threshold, manuscript stand, and a faint celestial scribe-chamber superimposed behind.","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit with divine radiance","color_palette":["sapphire blue","lotus pink","gold leaf","vermillion red","deep emerald"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Vishnu enthroned in a South Indian sanctum with towering arch, gold leaf halo and prabhavali, gem-studded ornaments; a devotee offers a red-wrapped palm-leaf manuscript on a brass plate; Citragupta appears in a small upper panel writing in a gilded ledger; rich reds/greens, heavy gold embossing, intricate temple lamp details.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: a quiet temple courtyard with delicate pillars and flowering creepers; a devotee presents a manuscript to a gentle priest before a blue-hued Hari; in the sky-like margin, Citragupta writes names in fine script; cool refined palette, lyrical naturalism, soft facial features, thin precise linework.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and flat natural pigments; Vishnu with large expressive eyes and ornate crown, lamp-lit mandapa; devotee holding palm-leaf book bundle; Citragupta in a side vignette with stylus and palm-leaf register; dominant reds/yellows/greens with rhythmic decorative borders.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: Krishna-Vishnu as Hari in a shrine framed by lotus and floral borders; devotees offering a manuscript near a tulasi vrindavan; peacocks and cows in the margins; deep indigo background with gold detailing, intricate textile-like patterning and temple festoon motifs."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["temple bells","soft conch shell","murmured mantra","oil-lamp crackle","gentle crowd hush"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: dadyādyo → dadyāt yaḥ; sagaccheddharimaṃdiram → sa gacchet hari-mandiram; vidhinānena → vidhinā anena; citragupto'rcanāddvija → citraguptaḥ arcanāt dvija (visarga + a → o; arcanāt + dvija → arcanād dvija).
FAQs
It praises donating a book (pustaka-dāna)—especially a complete, properly prepared book—done with devotion as a meritorious act akin to worship.
The verse states that the donor attains Hari’s abode/temple (harimandira), indicating a Vaishnava-oriented heavenly or salvific reward.
Citragupta, the cosmic record-keeper associated with Yama, is said to inscribe the names of such donors, symbolizing that the merit of this worshipful charity is formally recorded.