कुनखी वृषली स्तेयी वार्द्धुष्यः कुण्डगोलकौ । महादानरतो यश्च यश्चात्महनने रतः
kunakhī vṛṣalī steyī vārddhuṣyaḥ kuṇḍagolakau | mahādānarato yaśca yaścātmahanane rataḥ
جس کے ناخن بگڑے ہوں؛ ورشلی (گرا ہوا کردار رکھنے والی عورت)؛ چور؛ سود خور؛ کُنڈ اور گولک (ناجائز/غیر معمولی پیدائش والے)؛ جو دکھاوے کے ‘مہادان’ میں مشغول ہو؛ اور جو خودکشی کی طرف مائل ہو—یہ سب بھی نااہل شمار ہوتے ہیں۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A didactic enumeration: the sage gestures as if counting categories; behind him appear small vignettes symbolizing each ‘unfit’ type—thief, usurer, illicit-birth categories, and a person making ostentatious gifts—contrasted with the calm riverbank of a tīrtha.
External religiosity (even ‘great charity’) cannot substitute for dharmic integrity; eligibility is grounded in conduct and purity norms.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It continues the disqualification list relevant to selecting proper recipients/participants in rites like śrāddha and acts of dāna.
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