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Shloka 6

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Sarvadamana’s Childhood and Śakuntalā’s Claim at Court

न वर्णसंकरकरो न कृष्याकरकृज्जन: । न पापकृत्‌ कश्चिदासीत्‌ तस्मिन्‌ राजनि शासति,उस राजाके शासनकालनमें कोई मनुष्य वर्णसंकर संतान उत्पन्न नहीं करता था; पृथ्वी बिना जोते-बोये ही अनाज पैदा करती थी और सारी भूमि ही रत्नोंकी खान बनी हुई थी, इसलिये कोई भी खेती करने या रत्नोंकी खानका पता लगानेकी चेष्टा नहीं करता था। पाप करनेवाला तो उस राज्यमें कोई था ही नहीं

na varṇasaṅkarakaro na kṛṣyākarakṛj janaḥ | na pāpakṛt kaścid āsīt tasmin rājani śāsati ||

Vaiśampāyana said: When that king was ruling, no one produced mixed-caste offspring, no one took up farming or mining, and there was not a single person who committed sin. It was an age of orderly social conduct and effortless prosperity, where abundance and moral restraint made exploitative labor and wrongdoing unnecessary.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वर्णसंकरकरःone who causes varṇa-mixture (begets mixed-caste offspring)
वर्णसंकरकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर्णसंकरकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कृष्याकरकृत्one who does farming or mining (lit. agriculture-or-mine-doer)
कृष्याकरकृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्याकरकृत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनःperson; people
जनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पापकृत्evil-doer; sinner
पापकृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपापकृत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कश्चित्anyone; someone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आसीत्was; existed
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
तस्मिन्in that (time/realm/person)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
राजनिin/under the king
राजनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शासतिrules; governs
शासति:
TypeVerb
Rootशास्
FormPresent, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
T
the king (unnamed in this verse)
T
the people/subjects (janaḥ)
M
mines (ākara)
A
agriculture/cultivation (kṛṣyā)