Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4

Gaṅgā-māhātmya: Bāhu’s Envy, Defeat, Forest Exile, and Aurva’s Dharmic Consolation

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा श्चान्ये च जन्तवः । स्थापिताःस्वस्वधर्मेषु तेन बाहुर्विशांपतिः ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā ścānye ca jantavaḥ | sthāpitāḥsvasvadharmeṣu tena bāhurviśāṃpatiḥ || 4 ||

Translation

هو، ربُّ الرعيّة ذو الساعدين القويّين، أقامَ البراهمة والكشاتريا والفيشيا والشودرا، وسائر الكائنات أيضًا، في دَرْمَاتهم وواجباتهم الخاصة بكلٍّ منهم.

Word by Word

• [{'sanskrit': 'brāhmaṇāḥ', 'meaning': 'Brahmins (the priestly/learned class)'}, {'sanskrit': 'kṣatriyāḥ', 'meaning': 'Kshatriyas (the warrior/ruling class)'}, {'sanskrit': 'vaiśyāḥ', 'meaning': 'Vaishyas (the merchant/agricultural class)'}, {'sanskrit': 'śūdrāḥ', 'meaning': 'Shudras (the service/working class)'}, {'sanskrit': 'ca', 'meaning': 'and'}, {'sanskrit': 'anye', 'meaning': 'others'}, {'sanskrit': 'jantavaḥ', 'meaning': 'creatures, beings'}, {'sanskrit': 'sthāpitāḥ', 'meaning': 'were established, were set'}, {'sanskrit': 'sva-sva-dharmeṣu', 'meaning': 'in their own respective dharmas/duties'}, {'sanskrit': 'tena', 'meaning': 'by him

• by that (person)'}, {'sanskrit': 'bāhuḥ', 'meaning': 'arm

• (figuratively) strength/might'}, {'sanskrit': 'viśāṃ-patiḥ', 'meaning': 'lord of the people (lit. lord of the clans/subjects)'}]

Speaker

Narrator (unspecified in the excerpt)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇāḥ
• kṣatriyāḥ
• vaiśyāḥ
• śūdrāḥ
• viśāṃpatiḥ

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