Shloka 131
Rāma’s Meeting with Agastya: Gift-Ethics (Dāna) and the Tale of King Śveta
तस्मिन्निमित्ते काकुत्स्थ दत्तमद्भुतकर्मणा । श्वेतो वैदर्भको राजा तदाभूद्गतकल्मषः
tasminnimitte kākutstha dattamadbhutakarmaṇā | śveto vaidarbhako rājā tadābhūdgatakalmaṣaḥ
Pada ketika itu, wahai Kakutstha, oleh Datta yang beramal menakjubkan, Śveta, raja Vidarbha, ketika itu pun terbebas daripada dosa.
Unclear from the single verse excerpt (context needed to confirm the dialogue frame, commonly Pulastya → Bhīṣma in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa narratives).
Concept: Contact with a mahātmā and wondrous dharmic action can dissolve sin; grace and right action together effect purification.
Application: Seek guidance from genuinely virtuous teachers; perform restitution and dharmic acts promptly—purification is practical, not merely theoretical.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: city
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"King Śveta of Vidarbha stands with folded hands as a radiant ascetic—Datta, famed for wondrous deeds—extends a blessing gesture. A subtle dark haze (symbolic of kalmaṣa) lifts from the king’s body, replaced by a clear aura, while Rāma’s presence is felt as the dharmic witness of the scene.","primary_figures":["Datta (wonder-working sage)","Śveta, king of Vidarbha","Rāma (as addressed Kakutstha, optional as witness)"],"setting":"A royal courtyard opening into a hermitage grove—palace steps, sacred trees, and a small altar with lamps.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["leaf green","ochre","lotus pink","smoky gray","bright gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Datta as a luminous sage with gold-leaf halo, Śveta in royal attire shedding a dark aura, ornate palace-hermitage hybrid backdrop, rich reds/greens, embossed gold on crowns and ornaments, devotional symmetry emphasizing purification.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: gentle grove beside a palace, Datta’s blessing rendered with delicate hand gesture, Śveta’s expression shifting from burden to relief, soft greens and warm earth tones, refined narrative intimacy.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, Datta and Śveta in frontal clarity, symbolic ‘kalmaṣa’ as dark band dissolving into bright yellow/green, temple-wall palette with decorative borders and stylized foliage.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: purification scene framed by lotus vines and floral borders, peacocks perched on branches, deep blue background with gold highlights, central figures stylized and iconic, the dissolving kalmaṣa shown as fading gray floral smoke."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["rustling leaves","soft bell at a hermitage shrine","low drone","brief conch accent at ‘gatakalmaṣaḥ’"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तदाभूत् = तदा + अभूत्; अभूद्गत- = अभूत् + गत- (final t → d before g).
FAQs
“Kakutstha” is an epithet of Rāma, referring to his Ikṣvāku lineage; the verse addresses him directly.
It states that through Datta (Dattātreya) and his extraordinary action, King Śveta of Vidarbha became purified—his moral impurity (kalmaṣa) was removed.
It highlights that sincere contact with a spiritually powerful and righteous figure, and the grace arising from such virtue, can lead to inner purification and release from wrongdoing.