Shloka 48
अगम्यागमन-निष्कृति-निर्णयः
Expiations for Forbidden Sexual Relations
Devanagari script
द्विजात्मदासीकॢप्तं च तया दृष्टे तदर्धके / वेश्यायास्तु त्रिपादं स्यात्तथा दृष्टे तदोदने
Transliteration
dvijātmadāsīkḷptaṃ ca tayā dṛṣṭe tadardhake / veśyāyāstu tripādaṃ syāttathā dṛṣṭe tadodane
Translation
Food prepared by a dvija’s maidservant, if it has been seen by her, entails half the sin; but a veśyā’s food, even when seen in the same way, entails three pādas of sin (three quarters).
Word by Word
dvija-ātma-dāsī-kḷptamprepared by the dvija’s own maidservant
dvija-ātma-dāsī-kḷptam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + dāsī (प्रातिपदिक) + kḷpta (कृदन्त; √kḷp कल्प्, क्त)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; PPP ‘prepared’; determinative chain indicating ‘prepared by/for the dvija’s own female slave’ (contextual genitive relation)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamucchaya (conjunction)
tayāby her
tayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; pronoun ‘by her’
dṛṣṭewhen seen
dṛṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś दृश्, क्त)
FormSaptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; locative absolute sense ‘when/if seen’ (contextual)
tad-ardhakein that half (portion)
tad-ardhake:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ardhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Saptamī, Ekavacana; ‘in that half-portion/half’
veśyāyāḥof a courtesan/veśyā
veśyāyāḥ:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootveśyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), contrast/emphasis
tri-pādamthree quarters (portion)
tri-pādam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; dvigu compound meaning ‘three quarters’
syātshould be
syāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb) ‘thus/in the same way’
dṛṣṭewhen seen
dṛṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś दृश्, क्त)
FormSaptamī, Ekavacana; locative absolute ‘when seen’
tad-odanein that cooked rice
tad-odane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + odana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; ‘in that rice/meal’