Shloka 62

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

गार्हस्थ्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च वानप्रस्थं त्रयाश्रमाः क्षत्रियस्यापि कथिता ये चाचारा द्विजस्य हि

Transliteration

gārhasthyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vānaprasthaṃ trayāśramāḥ kṣatriyasyāpi kathitā ye cācārā dvijasya hi

Translation

Hausstand (gārhasthya), Schülerleben im Brahmacarya und Waldleben (vānaprastha)—diese drei Āśramas sind auch für den Kṣatriya vorgeschrieben; und dies sind wahrlich die rechten Observanzen eines Dvija (Zweimalgeborenen).

Word by Word

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: householder stage
• गार्हस्थ्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: student/celibate stage
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वानप्रस्थम्: forest-dweller stage
• वानप्रस्थम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• आश्रमाः: āśramas (stages)
• आश्रमाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• क्षत्रियस्य: of the kṣatriya
• क्षत्रियस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• कथिताः: have been described
• कथिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः (have been stated)

• ये: which; those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आचाराः: conducts; practices
• आचाराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• द्विजस्य: of the twice-born (brāhmaṇa etc.)
• द्विजस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (particle: 'indeed/for')

Speakers

• Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Āśrama system
• Kṣatriya-dharma
• Dvija-ācāra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse underscores that disciplined life-stages are not exclusive to brāhmaṇas: kṣatriyas too are to follow brahmacarya, gārhasthya, and vānaprastha as dvija observances. It promotes a shared ethical framework for the ‘twice-born,’ linking power (kṣatra) with restraint and staged maturation.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Again, this is dharma/ācāra instruction (normative teaching) rather than one of the five primary purāṇic marks. It functions as social-ethical codification embedded within the Purāṇic narrative setting.

What is the symbolic significance?

By affirming āśrama discipline for kṣatriyas, the text symbolically ‘tames sovereignty’: rulership is framed as accountable to spiritual training (brahmacarya), social responsibility (gārhasthya), and eventual withdrawal/renunciation (vānaprastha), preventing perpetual attachment to power.