Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas and the Sin-destroying Power of Viṣṇu-smaraṇa
एतेष्वन्यतमं हत्वा द्वादशाहमभोजनम् । प्राजापत्यव्रतं कुर्याद्रेतोविण्मूत्रभोजने ॥ ८२ ॥
eteṣvanyatamaṃ hatvā dvādaśāhamabhojanam | prājāpatyavrataṃ kuryādretoviṇmūtrabhojane || 82 ||
Hễ giết bất kỳ một loài nào trong số ấy, phải nhịn ăn mười hai ngày. Còn trong trường hợp ăn tinh dịch, phân hay nước tiểu, phải hành trì giới nguyện sám hối Prājāpatya.
Narada (teaching prāyaścitta norms in a dharma-śāstra style passage)
Vrata: Prājāpatya-vrata
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It frames moral injury and extreme impurity as obstacles to dharma, prescribing structured prāyaścitta (fasting and the Prājāpatya vow) to restore ritual and ethical order.
Indirectly: it emphasizes purification and self-restraint as prerequisites that steady the practitioner’s life, making worship and devotion disciplined rather than hypocritical or careless.
Kalpa (ritual procedure) and dharma-prayoga are implied—this is a rule-based prescription of expiation-vows (vrata) and fasting durations used in ritual law.