Shloka 10

Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच अथ केन प्रमाणेन पुंसामादीयते धनम्‌ । पुत्रवद्धि पितुस्तस्य कन्या भवितुमहति,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--पितामह! पिताके लिये पुत्री भी तो पुत्रके ही समान होती है; फिर उसके रहते हुए किस प्रमाणसे केवल पुरुष ही धनके अधिकारी होते हैं?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: atha kena pramāṇena puṃsām ādīyate dhanam | putravad dhi pituḥ tasya kanyā bhavitum arhati ||

Translation

Yudhishthira said: “By what authoritative rule is wealth taken to belong only to men? For a daughter, with respect to her father, is fit to be regarded as equal to a son.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

अथthen/now

केनby what (means)

प्रमाणेनby authority/proof

पुंसाम्of men

आदीयतेis taken/received (is appropriated)

धनम्wealth

पुत्रवत्like a son

हिindeed/for

पितुःof the father

तस्यof him/of that

कन्याdaughter

भवितुम्to be/to become

अर्हतिis entitled/deserves

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

kanyā (daughter)

pitṛ (father)

putra (son)

dhanam (wealth/property)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes