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The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha
प्रायश्चितं विधीयीत न दद्याच्छोदकक्रियाम् ॥ अहो दैवं सुबलवत्पौरुषं तु निरर्थकम् ॥
prāyaścitaṁ vidhīyīta na dadyāc chodakakriyām || aho daivaṁ subalavat pauruṣaṁ tu nirarthakam ||
پرایَشچِت (کفّارہ) مقرر کیا جائے، مگر شُودک کریا یعنی آب کے رسومات نہ دی جائیں۔ ہائے—دَیو (قسمت) نہایت زور آور ہے، اور انسانی پُروشارتھ بے معنی سا دکھائی دیتا ہے۔
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It reflects a normative distinction between prescribing penance and withholding certain funerary-style rites, indicating ritual categorization within Purāṇic ethics.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
The passage emphasizes penance as a response to wrongdoing and expresses a moral-psychological reflection on fate (daiva) versus human agency (pauruṣa).
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