Shloka 30

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

इज्यायुद्धवणिज्याभिर् वर्तयन्तो व्यवस्थिताः तेषां संव्यवहारो ऽयं वर्तते ऽत्र परस्परम्

Transliteration

ijyāyuddhavaṇijyābhir vartayanto vyavasthitāḥ teṣāṃ saṃvyavahāro 'yaṃ vartate 'tra parasparam

Translation

Standhaft in ihren zugewiesenen Ständen erhalten sie ihr Leben durch Verehrung (Opferdienst), durch gerechten Kampf und durch Handel; und so geht hier unter ihnen dieses gegenseitige Gefüge von Umgang und Verpflichtung fort, einer mit dem anderen.

Word by Word

• इज्या (ijyā): worship, sacrificial service, ritual offering

• युद्ध (yuddha): battle, warfare (as a duty)

• वणिज्या (vaṇijyā): trade, commerce

• -आभिः (-ābhiḥ): by means of

• वर्तयन्तः (vartayantaḥ): maintaining, carrying on (livelihood)

• व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ): duly established, disciplined in their roles

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them

• संव्यवहारः (saṃvyavahāraḥ): mutual dealings, social/economic intercourse

• अयम् (ayam): this

• वर्तते (vartate): functions, continues

• अत्र (atra): here (in this world/order)

• परस्परम् (parasparam): mutually, with one another

Speaker

Suta Goswami