Shloka 131

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

परस्वहरणे दोषा: सर्व एव प्रकीर्तिता: । एतद्धि लेशमात्रेण कथितं ते मयानघ

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | parasvaharaṇe doṣāḥ sarva eva prakīrtitāḥ | etaddhi leśamātreṇa kathitaṃ te mayānagha niṣpāpa nareśa |

Translation

পৰধন হৰণৰ পৰা যিসকল দোষ জন্মে, সেয়া সকলো কোৱা হৈছে। হে নিষ্পাপ ৰাজন! এই বিষয়টো মই তোমাক কেৱল সংক্ষিপ্তভাৱে—মাত্ৰ ইঙ্গিতৰূপে—জানালোঁ।

Word by Word

• परस्वहरणे: in the taking of another's property
• परस्वहरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्वहरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दोषाः: faults, demerits
• दोषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रकीर्तिताः: have been declared/proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्तित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive, kta (past passive participle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• लेशमात्रेण: by a mere small portion; briefly
• लेशमात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लेशमात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कथितम्: has been said/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive, kta (past passive participle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular, Second

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular, First

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निष्पाप: O blameless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• nareśa (a king addressed as anagha/niṣpāpa)