Shloka 32
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
Devanagari script
विरूपो रूपवांश्वैव युवा वृद्धस्तथैव च । ब्राह्मण: क्षत्रियश्चैव वैश्य: शूद्रस्तथैव च
Translation
“In one moment he is misshapen, and in the next he is fair of form. Now he is young, now old. Now he comes as a brāhmaṇa, and again he takes the guise of a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, or a śūdra.”
Word by Word
विरूपःugly, deformed
विरूपः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविरूप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रूपवान्handsome, possessing beauty
रूपवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरूपवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
युवाa youth, young (man)
युवा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुवन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृद्धःold, aged
वृद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya
क्षत्रियः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वैश्यःa Vaishya
वैश्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शूद्रःa Shudra
शूद्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes