Shloka 20
Determination of Expiations: Purification after Forbidden Food, Impurity, and Transgression
यदि भुंक्ते नरः कश्चित्पात्यः सोऽपि कुलान्नरः । गोबीजहंता यो विप्रच्छेदकश्च दलस्य च
yadi bhuṃkte naraḥ kaścitpātyaḥ so'pi kulānnaraḥ | gobījahaṃtā yo vipracchedakaśca dalasya ca
หากชายใดบริโภคสิ่งนั้น ชายนั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ตกต่ำ และยังฉุดให้ตระกูลตกต่ำด้วย เช่นเดียวกับผู้ทำลายพงศ์พันธุ์โค ผู้ทำร้ายพราหมณ์ และผู้ก่อความแตกแยกในหมู่คณะ ก็เป็นผู้ตกต่ำเช่นกัน
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Concept: Adharma is contagious: participation in prohibited consumption and acts that harm cows, brāhmaṇas, or communal integrity causes patana (spiritual fall) and damages one’s lineage.
Application: Avoid complicity: do not partake in unethical gains/foods; protect vulnerable beings; resolve conflicts without schism; choose livelihoods that do not harm sacred trusts.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic tableau: a stern sage raises his hand in warning as shadowy figures reach toward a forbidden meal, while behind them their ancestral line fades like a dim procession, symbolizing kula-patana. In the background, a cow and calf stand protected near a small altar, contrasting dharma with transgression.","primary_figures":["a dharma-teaching sage","householder tempted to partake","cow and calf (symbolic)"],"setting":"Hermitage edge with a simple altar, a communal gathering space where a meal is being served, distant silhouettes of ancestors as a moral vision","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["ash white","deep maroon","earth brown","olive green","smoky indigo"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: moral-warning scene with a sage admonishing a man about forbidden consumption; gold leaf used sparingly for the dharma-halo around the sage and for the cow-calf aura, rich reds/greens in garments, ornate border with small cow motifs, dramatic contrast between luminous dharma side and darkened transgression side.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: narrative moral vignette with delicate faces and expressive hand gestures; a cow and calf near a tiny fire-altar, cool greens and indigo shadows, ancestors rendered as faint translucent figures in the sky, refined brushwork emphasizing ethical tension.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and symbolic composition—sage at center with raised palm, cow-calf to one side, transgressors to the other; red/yellow/green palette, stylized flames and patterned textiles, temple-wall didactic clarity.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: decorative moral allegory framed by lotus and vine borders; cow and calf central as dharma emblem, surrounding figures in circular narrative panels showing ‘partaking’ and ‘fall’; deep blues and gold highlights, peacocks at corners as witnesses."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low temple drum","conch shell (single call)","wind through trees","brief silence after warning"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कश्चित्पात्यः = कश्चित् + पात्यः; सोऽपि = सः + अपि; कुलान्नरः = कुलात् + नरः; विप्रच्छेदकश्च = विप्रच्छेदकः + च
FAQs
It warns that partaking in a prohibited act/food (as implied by context) causes personal downfall and can implicate one’s family line; it also groups this with grave harms like destroying bovine progeny, injuring brāhmaṇas, and causing destructive division in a community.
Literally “destroyer of cow-seed,” understood as destroying bovine progeny/lineage—an act treated as a serious transgression in dharma literature due to the cow’s sacral and economic importance.
Because it implies fomenting schism, breaking communal harmony, or violently disrupting an assembly—treated as a moral fault that damages social order and dharmic stability.