Shloka 21
Dharma of the Renunciant: Alms Discipline, Meditation, and Expiations
व्रतानि यानि भिक्षूणां तथैवायं व्रतानि च । एकैकातिक्रमेणैव प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते
vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivāyaṃ vratāni ca | ekaikātikrameṇaiva prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate
भिक्षूंना जे-जे व्रत विहित आहेत आणि ही व्रतेही—प्रत्येक व्रताचा भंग झाल्यास, प्रत्येक दोषासाठी स्वतंत्र प्रायश्चित्त ठरविलेले आहे।
Unspecified (narrative voice not provided in the excerpt; commonly within a Purāṇic dialogue frame).
Concept: Vows require precision; each breach has a corresponding expiation to restore dharmic integrity.
Application: Keep commitments measurable; when you fail, repair specifically (apology, restitution, renewed practice) rather than vague guilt.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A quiet āśrama courtyard where a senior sage instructs a circle of mendicants, each holding a water-pot and staff. Behind them, a palm-leaf manuscript lies open, and a small fire-altar smolders—symbolizing that every vow has a precise remedy when broken.","primary_figures":["senior sage/ācārya","bhikṣus (mendicants)"],"setting":"Forest hermitage with thatched huts, yajña-kuṇḍa, and a shaded teaching platform under a banyan tree.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["earth brown","leaf green","ochre","smoke gray","sunlit gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: An ācārya seated on a carved wooden seat teaching bhikṣus; gold leaf highlights on manuscript edges and halos, rich red-green drapery, stylized banyan canopy, small sacred fire with embossed flames, traditional ornamented borders.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: Hermitage scene with delicate trees and soft hills, a teacher pointing to a palm-leaf text while mendicants listen; cool natural palette, fine facial expressions, lyrical forest detail, subtle smoke from a tiny altar.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Bold outlines, symmetrical group of ascetics with characteristic eyes, manuscript and fire-altar emphasized; red/yellow/green pigments, temple-wall composition conveying rule-bound discipline.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: A teaching mandala where ascetics form a ring around an open scripture and small fire; ornate floral borders, repeating motifs of water-pots and staffs, deep blue or maroon ground with gold detailing to suggest sacred law."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["forest birds","rustling leaves","soft bell at āśrama","low fire crackle"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तथा + एव → तथैव; एव + अयम् → एवायम्; एकैकातिक्रमेण + एव → एकैकातिक्रमेणैव.
FAQs
It states that vow-breaking is addressed through prāyaścitta (expiation), and that expiation is assigned specifically for each individual violation rather than treated as a single, undifferentiated fault.
Bhikṣus are mendicants or renunciants who live by alms and discipline; the verse uses their vow-standards as a reference point for the observances being discussed.
Accountability and precision: each lapse has its own moral weight and remedy, encouraging careful adherence to discipline and conscientious correction when one falls short.