Shloka 2

Determination of Expiations: Purification after Forbidden Food, Impurity, and Transgression

Devanagari script

प्राजापत्यद्वयं कुर्य्यात्तीर्थाभिगमनं मुने । वृषैकादशगोदानं सशिखं वपनं ततः

Transliteration

prājāpatyadvayaṃ kuryyāttīrthābhigamanaṃ mune | vṛṣaikādaśagodānaṃ saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Ó sábio, deve-se cumprir as duas observâncias de Prājāpatya e, em seguida, fazer peregrinação a um tīrtha sagrado; depois, doar um touro e onze vacas, e então raspar a cabeça mantendo a śikhā (tufo).

Word by Word

• prājāpatya-dvayam: two Prājāpatya (penances)
• prājāpatya-dvayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prājāpatya (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘two Prājāpatya (penances)’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• tīrtha-abhigamanam: pilgrimage/going to a tīrtha
• tīrtha-abhigamanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + abhigamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘going to a sacred place’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• vṛṣa-eka-daśa-go-dānam: donation of one bull and eleven cows
• vṛṣa-eka-daśa-go-dānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + eka-daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound meaning ‘gift of one bull and eleven cows’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• sa-śikham: with the śikhā (topknot) retained
• sa-śikham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/स-उपसर्गवत्) + śikhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘with topknot’; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifies vapanaṃ (shaving)

• vapanam: shaving
• vapanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival/sequence adverb

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a sage (muni) in instruction

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: kuryyāt tīrthābhigamanam = kuryāt + tīrtha-abhigamanam (t + t → tt); tīrthābhigamanam = tīrtha + abhigamanam (ā-sandhi).

FAQs

What practices are prescribed in this verse?

It prescribes (1) two Prājāpatya observances, (2) visiting a tīrtha, (3) donating one bull and eleven cows, and (4) shaving the head while retaining the śikhā.

What is the purpose of combining pilgrimage, donation, and tonsure here?

The verse presents a structured ritual sequence that integrates austerity (vrata), sanctification through sacred travel (tīrtha), ethical merit through gifting (dāna), and bodily rite/renewal (vapana) as a complete dharmic regimen.

Does this verse indicate a specific sectarian (Vaishnava/Shaiva) emphasis?

No explicit deity or sectarian marker appears in the verse; it reads as a general dharma/ritual instruction within the Brahma-khaṇḍa context.