Shloka 9
The Glory of the Mother-and-Father Sacred Ford
Mātāpitṛ-tīrtha-māhātmya
अभोजयित्वा तावन्नं स्वयमत्ति च यः सुतः । मूत्रं विष्ठां स भुंजीत यावज्जन्मसहस्रकम्
abhojayitvā tāvannaṃ svayamatti ca yaḥ sutaḥ | mūtraṃ viṣṭhāṃ sa bhuṃjīta yāvajjanmasahasrakam
บุตรผู้กินเองโดยมิได้เลี้ยงอาหารแก่ท่านทั้งสองให้พอเพียงก่อน ย่อมต้องเสวยปัสสาวะและอุจจาระตลอดพันชาติ
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within the Bhūmi-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: Anna-sevā to parents is obligatory; selfish consumption before feeding them is adharma leading to degrading karmic results.
Application: Serve parents first at meals; practice gratitude; treat daily eating as a ritual of respect—especially when parents are dependent or elderly.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A son sits before a steaming meal, reaching to eat while his frail parents watch unfed; the air thickens into a symbolic vision where the same mouth is forced to consume filth in a future birth. The scene juxtaposes present selfishness with a stark karmic mirror, rendered as a moral hallucination behind him.","primary_figures":["son","aged mother","aged father","karmic vision figure (shadow-self)"],"setting":"simple dining space with banana leaf or brass plate; parents seated slightly behind, hands empty; a doorway opening into a dark symbolic void","lighting_mood":"harsh chiaroscuro, moral spotlight","color_palette":["burnt sienna","sour green","charcoal black","brass gold","dirty white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: central figure of the son with exaggerated gesture of eating, parents seated with dignified sorrow; gold leaf on vessels and borders; behind the son, a stylized karmic panel like a miniature shrine showing the consequence (impure consumption) in symbolic, non-graphic motifs; rich reds/greens, jewel-like ornamentation, didactic composition.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: refined interior with delicate textiles; the son’s hand mid-air, parents’ eyes lowered; a translucent vignette cloud behind showing the karmic consequence as symbolic dark shapes and a polluted stream; cool shadows, precise facial emotion, narrative subtlety.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines—son at center, parents at left; consequence shown as a secondary register (like mural panels) with stylized impure motifs; red/yellow/green palette, rhythmic patterning, temple-wall storytelling format.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: moral katha composition with ornate floral borders; central meal scene, parents as revered figures; consequence depicted as patterned motifs (dark droplets, broken lotuses) rather than explicit imagery; deep blue ground with gold highlights, symmetrical layout."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["sharp handbell","sudden silence","low drum pulse","wind through doorway"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तावत्+अन्नम्→तावन्नं; स्वयम्+अत्ति→स्वयमत्ति; यावत्+जन्मसहस्रकम्→यावज्जन्मसहस्रकम्
FAQs
It stresses dharma in the form of prioritizing the needs of dependents/elders (those to be fed first) before personal consumption, framing neglect as a serious moral failure.
The imagery functions as a deterrent and a karmic warning, expressing that selfishness and disrespect toward proper feeding obligations lead to degrading consequences across rebirths.
Karma is presented as a moral causality extending beyond one lifetime: the act of eating selfishly without feeding others first is said to ripen into suffering for “a thousand births.”