Shloka 121
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
लोकानां कुश्रुतिर्वार्ता तेन पुण्यबलाच्छ्रुता । जनापवादमोक्षार्थं बुद्धिस्तस्याभवच्छुभा
lokānāṃ kuśrutirvārtā tena puṇyabalācchrutā | janāpavādamokṣārthaṃ buddhistasyābhavacchubhā
اپنے پُنّیہ کے زور سے اُس نے لوگوں میں پھیلی بدنام باتیں اور افواہیں سنیں؛ اور عوامی ملامت سے نجات کے لیے اُس کے دل میں ایک مبارک ارادہ پیدا ہوا۔
Narrator (contextual speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)
Concept: Merit can awaken timely awareness; wise resolve arises to prevent blame and restore dharmic standing.
Application: When rumors arise, respond with clarity and ethical action rather than anger; choose steps that restore trust and align with dharma.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A village street murmurs with whispering figures while, apart from them, a thoughtful man stands under a banyan tree, hearing the rumor as if it arrives like a gust of wind. His face shifts from pain to composed determination, as though merit itself steadies his mind into an auspicious resolve.","primary_figures":["thoughtful man (protagonist)","villagers (whispering chorus)"],"setting":"edge of a settlement with a banyan tree, clay houses, and a distant shrine spire suggesting dharma’s witness","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["earth brown","banyan green","smoke gray","saffron","quiet turquoise"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a banyan-shaded street scene with whispering townsfolk in the background and the protagonist in the foreground forming a firm resolve; gold leaf on the shrine spire and borders; rich reds/greens with gem-like highlights emphasizing ‘śubha buddhi’ arising from puṇya.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: lyrical village vignette with delicate faces; a murmuring group rendered softly while the protagonist stands apart under a banyan, eyes lowered in contemplation; cool mountain-like palette and fine textile patterns to convey inner resolve amid social noise.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: stylized banyan canopy, bold outlines; chorus of villagers as rhythmic silhouettes; protagonist centered with calm, wide eyes; red/yellow/green pigments and ornamental borders suggesting moral gravity and auspiciousness.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: symbolic composition—whispering figures as repeating motifs around a central calm protagonist; floral borders and lotus medallions; deep blues and gold; a small shrine motif indicating dharma and purification of public blame."}
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुश्रुतिर्वार्ता = कुश्रुतिः + वार्ता; पुण्यबलाच्छ्रुता = पुण्यबलात् + श्रुता; बुद्धिस्तस्याभवत् = बुद्धिः + तस्य + अभवत्; अभवच्छुभा = अभवत् + शुभा.
FAQs
It describes how hearing negative public rumor prompts a person—through the force of prior merit—to form a wholesome intention aimed at removing public censure.
It frames public blame (apavāda) as a moral-social problem to be resolved through śubhā buddhi (an auspicious, ethical resolve), implying reform and right action rather than mere image-management.
It suggests that accumulated virtue supports moral clarity: even unpleasant news can become a catalyst for corrective action when one’s disposition is strengthened by merit.