Shloka 121
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
नैव क्षमसि विप्रेंद्र दासीपुत्रं हि मां कुरु । राजानं तु प्रकर्तव्यं चांडालं च महामुने
naiva kṣamasi vipreṃdra dāsīputraṃ hi māṃ kuru | rājānaṃ tu prakartavyaṃ cāṃḍālaṃ ca mahāmune
“โอ้ประเสริฐแห่งพราหมณ์ ท่านอย่าได้ยอมผ่อนปรน อย่าทำให้ข้าเป็นบุตรของทาสหญิงเลย แต่โอ้มุนีผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ จงให้พระราชากลายเป็นจัณฑาลเถิด”
Unspecified (context needed to identify the speaker within the dialogue)
Concept: Attachment to social identity intensifies suffering; misdirected anger seeks to transfer blame and punishment rather than purify the heart.
Application: Notice when you defend ego/status instead of truth; redirect energy from scapegoating to accountability and reconciliation.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A figure speaks in agitation, eyes wide and jaw set, gesturing sharply as if bargaining with fate itself. The hermitage air feels heavy; the listener-sage remains still, while the speaker’s words conjure the specter of degraded birth and a king’s fall into outcaste status.","primary_figures":["Agitated petitioner (unspecified speaker)","A brāhmaṇa-sage (addressed as viprendra/mahāmune)"],"setting":"Āśrama courtyard with a low altar, water pot, and a boundary of trees—an arena where speech becomes destiny.","lighting_mood":"dramatic chiaroscuro","color_palette":["burnt umber","deep maroon","ash white","dark green","brass gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: intense dialogue scene with the petitioner in dynamic posture, the sage seated in composed authority; gold leaf highlights on the sage’s halo and ornaments, rich maroons and greens, stylized trees and ritual vessels with embossed detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: refined facial expressions showing indignation vs calm; delicate lines, subdued earth palette, a quiet āśrama with distant hills; emphasis on psychological contrast rather than spectacle.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, exaggerated expressive eyes; petitioner in red-brown tones, sage in serene yellow; simplified āśrama symbols (kalaśa, agni) and patterned foliage.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: narrative panel framed by floral borders; central figures in conversation, symbolic motifs of crown (kingship) and ash (fall) placed decoratively; deep blue ground with gold and lotus accents."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"emotional","sound_elements":["sharp hand cymbals (soft)","wind through trees","sudden hush","distant conch (faint)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: नैव = न + एव; विप्रेंद्र = विप्र + इन्द्र; दासीपुत्रं = दासी + पुत्रम्; चांडालं = चाण्डालम्; महामुने = महा + मुने (कर्मधारय).
FAQs
It frames a dispute about blame and punishment: the speaker protests being stigmatized as “dāsīputra” and argues that the king should bear the harsher consequence, implying responsibility lies with royal authority rather than the speaker.
Not directly. The verse is primarily concerned with social status, accountability, and the consequences of wrongdoing in a dharma-based framework; any bhakti or ritual emphasis would depend on the surrounding narrative.
The verse addresses a “viprendra” (best of brāhmaṇas) and “mahāmune” (great sage), but the speaker is not identifiable from the single verse alone. The surrounding verses in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 2.12 are required to name the speaker and interlocutor with confidence.