जिह्वालौल्येन देवेश पशोर्गुदमजानता । भक्षितं तन्मया देव होमार्थं यत्प्रकल्पितम्
jihvālaulyena deveśa paśorgudamajānatā | bhakṣitaṃ tanmayā deva homārthaṃ yatprakalpitam
హే దేవేశా! నాలుక లాలసతో, అది పశువിന്റെ గుదమని తెలియక, హే దేవా, హోమార్థం సిద్ధం చేసినదానినే నేను భక్షించాను।
The afflicted brāhmaṇa (confessing to Pitāmaha)
Scene: The brāhmaṇa confesses: near a homa altar, offerings laid out; he, driven by tongue-greed, mistakenly ate an impure part meant for the rite; Brahmā listens gravely.
Uncontrolled sense-craving (especially taste) can lead to grave lapses in ritual purity and dharma, producing heavy consequences.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates the moral/ritual cause within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
It references homa/yajña context and an act that defiles what was prepared for the offering, implying the need for prāyaścitta later.
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