Shloka 8

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

ऊष्मपा: सोमपाश्चैव धूमपा आज्यपास्तथा

Transliteration

ūṣmapāḥ somapāś caiva dhūmapā ājyapās tathā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There are those who subsist on warmth, those who drink Soma, those who live on smoke, and likewise those who drink clarified butter.”

Word by Word

• ऊष्मपाः: heat-drinkers (those who subsist on warmth/heat)
• ऊष्मपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊष्मपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सोमपाः: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• धूमपाः: smoke-drinkers (those who subsist on smoke)
• धूमपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूमपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आज्यपाः: ghee-drinkers
• आज्यपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्यपा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so/likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Soma
• dhūma (smoke)
• ājya (clarified butter/ghee)
• ūṣman (heat/warmth)