Shloka 63
पञ्चाप्सरो-सरः कथनम् तथा अगस्त्याश्रममार्गनिर्देशः
Panchapsara Lake Account and Directions to Agastya
ततस्सम्पन्नमित्युक्त्वा दत्त्वा हस्तोदकं ततः।।।।भ्रातरं निष्क्रमस्वेति चेल्वलस्सोऽभ्यभाषत।
tataḥ sampannam ity uktvā dattvā hastodakaṃ tataḥ | bhrātaraṃ niṣkramasveti celvalaḥ so 'bhyabhāṣata || 3.11.63 ||
പിന്നീട് “ശ്രാദ്ധം സമ്പന്നമായി” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു, ഹസ്തോദകം നൽകി, ഇൽവലൻ തന്റെ സഹോദരനോട്— “സഹോദരാ, പുറത്തുവരിക!” എന്നു വിളിച്ചു.
Saying, the ritual is complete Ilvala offered water in the palm of Agastya and called his brother to come out.
FAQs
The verse illustrates the misuse of ritual forms for harmful ends—an adharma that violates satya (truthfulness) and the sanctity of rites meant for purification.
After the ritual gestures, Ilvala performs the key step of the trap: he summons Vātāpi to burst out from the victim.
Implicitly, the needed virtue is satya and śauca (integrity and purity) in ritual action—without which religious forms become instruments of violence.