Shloka 126
The Account and Merit of Śivadūtī
with the Nāga-tīrtha at Puṣkara
अस्वादितं न चान्येन भक्ष्यार्थे च ददाम्यहम् । अधोभागे च मे नाभेर्वर्तुलौ फलसन्निभौ
asvāditaṃ na cānyena bhakṣyārthe ca dadāmyaham | adhobhāge ca me nābhervartulau phalasannibhau
ଭୋଜନ ପାଇଁ ମୁଁ ନ ଆସ୍ୱାଦିତ, ନ ଅନ୍ୟେନ ଆସ୍ୱାଦିତ ବସ୍ତୁ ଦେଉନାହିଁ। ଏବଂ ମୋ ନାଭିର ଅଧୋଭାଗରେ ଫଳ ସଦୃଶ ଦୁଇଟି ଗୋଲାକାର ଚିହ୍ନ ଅଛି।
Unspecified (context-dependent within Adhyaya 31)
Concept: Purity norms (not giving tasted food) can be cited even while one moves toward a deeper transgression; the verse exposes how dharma-language may be used to rationalize the irrational.
Application: Do not let partial ‘rules’ become excuses for harmful choices; ethical consistency matters more than selective purity.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The speaker gestures to the lower navel area, revealing two circular marks like fruit, while insisting on the rule against offering tasted food. The guests recoil slightly, the scene hovering between ritual propriety and unsettling bodily symbolism.","primary_figures":["host figure (contextual speaker)","women/guests","attendants"],"setting":"Interior hall with ritual cleanliness—washed floor, brass vessels—contrasted by the shocking focus on the body.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["pale ash","sickly green","brass gold","dark crimson","smoky violet"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: dramatic close composition with gold leaf borders, the speaker indicating the navel region, guests with stylized expressions of shock, ornate jewelry and textiles heightening the contrast between sacred decor and unsettling subject, embossed gold on lamps and vessels.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: restrained yet tense scene, delicate anatomy implied modestly, subtle facial reactions, cool palette with a hint of crimson, meticulous interior details and psychological nuance.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and symbolic depiction, the navel marks rendered as stylized fruit-like circles, guests in expressive poses, warm pigments with dark accents to convey taboo tension.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical rendering—central figure with stylized body symbolism, lotus borders and gold motifs ironically framing a cautionary scene, deep blue ground with contrasting crimson highlights, figures arranged in a narrative frieze."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["sudden hush","single temple bell strike","low drum pulse","wind-like drone"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चान्येन = च + अन्येन; भक्ष्यार्थे = भक्ष्य + अर्थे; ददाम्यहम् = ददामि + अहम्; अधोभागे = अधः + भागे; नाभेर्वर्तुलौ = नाभेः + वर्तुलौ; फलसन्निभौ = फल + सन्निभौ.
FAQs
It emphasizes purity in giving food: one should not offer for eating something already tasted, especially if tasted by another person.
It describes a bodily characteristic (lakṣaṇa)—two round, fruit-like marks located on the lower part of the navel—used as an identifying feature in the narrative context.
Even within creation-oriented sections, the text frequently embeds dharmic norms—here, standards of cleanliness and propriety in food-giving alongside descriptive identifying marks.