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
اگر کوئی آدمی اسے کھا لے تو وہ بھی پَتِت (گرا ہوا) ہو جاتا ہے اور اپنے خاندان کو بھی گرا دیتا ہے۔ اسی طرح گائے کے بیج/نسل کو ہلاک کرنے والا، برہمن کو نقصان پہنچانے والا، اور جماعت میں پھوٹ ڈالنے والا بھی (پَتِت) ہے۔
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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.