Shloka 19
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
विकलं नेत्रकर्णाभ्यां त्यक्त्वा गच्छेच्च रौरवम् । अंत्यजातिषु म्लेच्छेषु चांडालेष्वपि जायते
vikalaṃ netrakarṇābhyāṃ tyaktvā gacchecca rauravam | aṃtyajātiṣu mleccheṣu cāṃḍāleṣvapi jāyate
जो नेत्र-कर्णांनी विकल (आंधळा-बहिरा) असलेल्याला टाकून देतो, तो ‘रौरव’ नरकात जातो आणि पुढे अंत्यजातीत—म्लेच्छ व चांडाळांतही—जन्म घेतो.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Adhyaya 50; speaker not identifiable from the single verse excerpt)
Concept: Abandoning a helpless, disabled person (bereft of eyes and ears) leads to Raurava and to degrading rebirths among marginalized communities—illustrating karmic reversal and social consequence.
Application: Support and include disabled and dependent persons—family members, elders, and community—through accessibility, companionship, and material help; avoid social cruelty and exclusion.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A blind-and-deaf crippled figure sits alone by a roadside, hands searching the air, while a passerby turns away, stepping over fallen lotus petals. In the background, the road transforms into a fiery corridor labeled by imagery as Raurava—howling winds, iron spikes, and a distant gate—while above, a wheel of rebirth shows faces dissolving into marginalized births, emphasizing karmic descent.","primary_figures":["disabled person (blind and deaf)","abandoning person","symbolic Yama-dūtas (optional)"],"setting":"Roadside near a village edge that morphs into an infernal passage; symbolic rebirth wheel in the sky.","lighting_mood":"storm-dark with fire-glow","color_palette":["smoky violet","ashen gray","flame orange","dirty white","dark umber"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: roadside abandonment scene with ornate border; the path behind becomes Raurava with stylized flames and iron motifs; gold leaf highlights the rebirth wheel and the moral boundary line, rich reds and deep shadows, traditional iconographic framing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: poignant roadside tableau with delicate sorrowful expression; the landscape subtly shifts into infernal imagery; cool grays and violets with sharp orange accents; refined brushwork and symbolic sky-wheel.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, dramatic posture of the abandoned disabled figure, stylized flames and wind-lines for Raurava; strong red/yellow/black contrasts, temple-wall moral narrative composition.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical scene framed by lotus borders—lotuses wilt where abandonment occurs; the lower register shows Raurava flames; intricate floral patterns, deep blues/purples with gold accents, peacocks absent or turned away as omen."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"emotional","sound_elements":["howling wind (soft)","distant conch","footsteps on gravel","silence after ‘rauravam’"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: gacchecca = gacchet + ca; cāṃḍāleṣvapi = cāṇḍāleṣu + api (u + a → va).
FAQs
It condemns abandoning a severely disabled person and frames such neglect as a grave adharma leading to painful karmic consequences.
Raurava is a named hell-realm (naraka) described in Purāṇic literature, invoked here as the post-mortem consequence of the stated wrongdoing.
They reflect older social-religious categories used in the text to indicate 'low' or marginalized births; the verse’s primary thrust is moral—condemning cruelty/abandonment—rather than serving as a contemporary sociological classification.