Shloka 21
Dharma of the Renunciant: Alms Discipline, Meditation, and Expiations
व्रतानि यानि भिक्षूणां तथैवायं व्रतानि च । एकैकातिक्रमेणैव प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते
vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivāyaṃ vratāni ca | ekaikātikrameṇaiva prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate
فقیروں (بھکشوؤں) کے لیے جو جو ورت مقرر ہیں، اور اسی طرح یہ ورت بھی—ہر ایک کی خلاف ورزی پر، ہر جداگانہ لغزش کے لیے باقاعدہ پرایَشچِت (کفّارہ) مقرر کیا جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (narrative voice not provided in the excerpt; commonly within a Purāṇic dialogue frame).
Concept: Vows require precision; each breach has a corresponding expiation to restore dharmic integrity.
Application: Keep commitments measurable; when you fail, repair specifically (apology, restitution, renewed practice) rather than vague guilt.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A quiet āśrama courtyard where a senior sage instructs a circle of mendicants, each holding a water-pot and staff. Behind them, a palm-leaf manuscript lies open, and a small fire-altar smolders—symbolizing that every vow has a precise remedy when broken.","primary_figures":["senior sage/ācārya","bhikṣus (mendicants)"],"setting":"Forest hermitage with thatched huts, yajña-kuṇḍa, and a shaded teaching platform under a banyan tree.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["earth brown","leaf green","ochre","smoke gray","sunlit gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: An ācārya seated on a carved wooden seat teaching bhikṣus; gold leaf highlights on manuscript edges and halos, rich red-green drapery, stylized banyan canopy, small sacred fire with embossed flames, traditional ornamented borders.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: Hermitage scene with delicate trees and soft hills, a teacher pointing to a palm-leaf text while mendicants listen; cool natural palette, fine facial expressions, lyrical forest detail, subtle smoke from a tiny altar.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Bold outlines, symmetrical group of ascetics with characteristic eyes, manuscript and fire-altar emphasized; red/yellow/green pigments, temple-wall composition conveying rule-bound discipline.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: A teaching mandala where ascetics form a ring around an open scripture and small fire; ornate floral borders, repeating motifs of water-pots and staffs, deep blue or maroon ground with gold detailing to suggest sacred law."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["forest birds","rustling leaves","soft bell at āśrama","low fire crackle"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तथा + एव → तथैव; एव + अयम् → एवायम्; एकैकातिक्रमेण + एव → एकैकातिक्रमेणैव.
FAQs
It states that vow-breaking is addressed through prāyaścitta (expiation), and that expiation is assigned specifically for each individual violation rather than treated as a single, undifferentiated fault.
Bhikṣus are mendicants or renunciants who live by alms and discipline; the verse uses their vow-standards as a reference point for the observances being discussed.
Accountability and precision: each lapse has its own moral weight and remedy, encouraging careful adherence to discipline and conscientious correction when one falls short.