Shloka 22
Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame
Devanagari script
स्वयमागतवित्तं तु धर्मार्थैर्विनियोजयेत् / कुरुष्वैतेन तस्मात्त्वं वापीकूपादिकाञ्छुभान्
Transliteration
svayamāgatavittaṃ tu dharmārthairviniyojayet / kuruṣvaitena tasmāttvaṃ vāpīkūpādikāñchubhān
Translation
Wealth that comes of itself should be devoted to the purposes of dharma; therefore, with it, build auspicious wells, tanks, and the like.
Word by Word
svayamof itself, on its own
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; reflexive adverb (स्वयम्)
āgata-vittamwealth that has come (unsought)
āgata-vittam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootāgata (कृदन्त, √gam धातु, क्त) + vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘arrived’ qualifying ‘wealth’
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle
dharma-arthaiḥfor/with (purposes of) dharma and artha
dharma-arthaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व ‘dharma and artha’
viniyojayetshould employ, should allocate
viniyojayet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi + ni + √yuj (युज् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here (simple ‘employ/assign’)
kuruṣvado (you), make
kuruṣva:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
etenawith this
etena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्राय; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण ‘therefore/from that’ (हेतु/अपादानार्थ)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
vāpī-kūpa-ādikāntanks, wells, and similar (works)
vāpī-kūpa-ādikān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāpī (प्रातिपदिक) + kūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व ‘tanks, wells, and the like’ (ādika as ‘etc.’)
śubhānauspicious, good
śubhān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; agrees with vāpī-kūpa-ādikān