Shloka 20

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

Devanagari script

गुरुतल्पी शिलां तप्तामायसीमभिसंविशेत्‌ | अवकृत्यात्मन: शेफं प्रव्रजेदूर्ध्वदर्शन:

Transliteration

gurutalpī śilāṁ taptām āyasīm abhi-saṁviśet | avakṛtyātmanaḥ śephaṁ pravrajed ūrdhva-darśanaḥ ||

Translation

ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—ଗୁରୁଶୟ୍ୟା ଲଂଘନ କରିଥିବା ଲୋକ ତପ୍ତ ଲୋହାର ଶିଳା ଉପରେ ଶୟନ କରୁ; କିମ୍ବା ନିଜ ଉପସ୍ଥ କାଟି, ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ଉର୍ଦ୍ଧ୍ୱେ ରଖି ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସୀ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରବ୍ରଜ୍ୟା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରୁ।

Word by Word

• गुरुतल्पी: one who violates the guru’s bed (i.e., commits adultery with the teacher’s wife)
• गुरुतल्पी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुतल्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिलाम्: a stone/slab
• शिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तप्ताम्: heated, red-hot
• तप्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आयसीम्: made of iron
• आयसीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिसंविशेत्: should enter/lie upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अवकृत्य: having cut off
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत् (अव + कृ)
• Form: Gerund (Ktva)

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शेफम्: penis
• शेफम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेफ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रव्रजेत्: should go forth (as an ascetic), should depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (प्र + व्रज्)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ऊर्ध्वदर्शनः: with gaze directed upward
• ऊर्ध्वदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• guru (teacher)
• guru’s bed (gurutalpa)
• heated iron slab (taptā āyasī śilā)