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Shloka 87

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

श्षपच उवाच आत्मैव साक्षी कुलधर्मकृत्ये त्वमेव जानासि यदत्र दुष्कृतम्‌ । यो ह्ाद्रियाद्‌ भक्ष्यमिति श्वमांसं मन्ये न तस्यास्ति विवर्जनीयम्‌,चाण्डालने कहा--किस कुलके लिये कौन-सा कार्य धर्म है, इस विषयमें यह आत्मा ही साक्षी है। इस अभक्ष्य-भक्षणमें जो पाप है, उसे आप भी जानते हैं। मेरी समझमें जो कुत्तेके मांसको भक्षणीय बताकर उसका आदर करे, उसके लिये इस संसारमें कुछ भी त्याज्य नहीं है

śvapaca uvāca: ātmaiva sākṣī kuladharmakṛtye tvam eva jānāsi yad atra duṣkṛtam | yo hy ādriyād bhakṣyam iti śvamāṁsaṁ manye na tasyāsti vivarjanīyam ||

The outcaste said: “In matters of what constitutes one’s family-duty and rightful conduct, the Self alone is the witness. You too know what wrongdoing lies in this act of eating what should not be eaten. In my view, whoever honors dog’s flesh as ‘fit to be eaten’ has nothing left in this world that he would refrain from.”

श्वपचःthe dog-cooker (caṇḍāla)
श्वपचः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्वपच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
आत्माthe self
आत्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
साक्षीwitness
साक्षी:
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्षिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुलधर्मकृत्येin the duty/act prescribed by family-dharma
कुलधर्मकृत्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुलधर्मकृत्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
जानासिyou know
जानासि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormPresent, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
दुष्कृतम्wrongdoing/sin
दुष्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
आद्रियात्would respect/approve
आद्रियात्:
TypeVerb
Rootआदृ
FormOptative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भक्ष्यम्edible/fit to be eaten
भक्ष्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्ष्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्वमांसम्dog-meat
श्वमांसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्वमांस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्येI think
मन्ये:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
विवर्जनीयम्to be avoided/forbidden
विवर्जनीयम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविवर्जनीय
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

श्षपच उवाच

Ś
Śvapaca (outcaste speaker)
Ā
Ātman (Self/conscience)
Ś
śvamāṁsa (dog’s flesh)