Shloka 93
The Supremacy of Food-Charity and the Rāma–Śambūka Episode
Child Revived through Rājadharma
ममापराधाद्बालोऽसौ ब्राह्मणस्यैकपुत्रकः । अप्राप्तकालः कालेन नीतो वैवस्वत क्षयम्
mamāparādhādbālo'sau brāhmaṇasyaikaputrakaḥ | aprāptakālaḥ kālena nīto vaivasvata kṣayam
เพราะความผิดของข้า เด็กนั้น—บุตรเพียงคนเดียวของพราหมณ์—ทั้งที่ยังไม่ถึงคราวตาย ก็ถูกกาลนำไปสู่แดนไววัสวตะ (ยม)
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker reliably).
Concept: Personal wrongdoing can ripple into grievous consequences for innocents; acknowledging fault is the first step toward dharmic repair and restitution.
Application: Own harm without excuses; when your mistake affects others, prioritize repair over self-justification.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sorrowful confessor speaks with downcast eyes, the weight of guilt visible in his posture, while a shadowy vision of Yama’s realm opens behind him like a dark doorway. In that distant, austere landscape, the brāhmaṇa’s only son appears as a faint, pale figure being drawn toward Vaivasvata’s city by the pull of Time.","primary_figures":["Confessing speaker (unspecified)","Yama (Vaivasvata) as distant symbolic presence","The brāhmaṇa’s child (ethereal)","Kāla personified (optional, as a dark silhouette)"],"setting":"A liminal space between worlds—foreground of human speech, background of Yamapura with iron gates, smoky horizons, and judgmental stillness.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["ash gray","midnight blue","dull gold","pale cyan","blood red accents"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: foreground confessor with expressive face; background inset of Yamapura with Yama enthroned, gold leaf used sparingly to contrast the somber palette; ornate yet restrained borders, dramatic chiaroscuro-like color blocking, symbolic iron-gate motifs.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: poetic gloom—soft night blues, delicate rendering of the child as a translucent figure; Yamapura suggested with minimal architecture and mist; refined lines, emotional subtlety, restrained ornamentation.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: strong outlines, stylized Yama with buffalo emblem in a background panel; confessor in foreground with sorrowful eyes; earthy reds and dark blues, decorative border motifs of time-wheel and noose.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: atypical somber pichwai—deep indigo cloth, lotus border subdued; central medallion of the child drifting toward a dark gate; gold motifs used as thin filigree to suggest karmic net, maintaining intricate patterning."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["deep silence","low drone","distant wind","soft bell single strikes"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ममापराधात् = मम अपराधात्; अपराधाद्बालः = अपराधात् बालः (त् + ब → द्ब); बालोऽसौ = बालः असौ; ब्राह्मणस्यैकपुत्रकः = ब्राह्मणस्य एकपुत्रकः; वैवस्वत क्षयम् (पाठे) = वैवस्वतम् क्षयम् (अर्थतः).
FAQs
Vaivasvata refers to Yama, the lord of death (son of Vivasvān). 'Vaivasvata-kṣaya' means Yama’s abode/realm—symbolically, the destination associated with death and judgment.
It indicates “not yet at the appointed time,” highlighting the idea of an untimely death and raising a moral-theological emphasis on how wrongdoing (aparādha) can precipitate suffering and disruption of expected life order.
The verse stresses personal accountability: one’s offence can cause harm to others, even the innocent, and therefore demands repentance, restraint, and adherence to dharma.