Shloka 5

अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्

Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration

Devanagari script

रड्रावतरणं चैव तथा रूपोपजीवनम्‌ । मद्यमांसोपजीव्यं च विक्रयं लोहचर्मणो:

Transliteration

rudrāvataraṇaṃ caiva tathā rūpopajīvanam | madyamāṃsopajīvyaṃ ca vikrayaṃ lohacarmaṇoḥ ||

Translation

Parāśara said: “So too, the practice connected with Rudra’s descent (or rites of Rudra), and making one’s livelihood by outward appearance; likewise earning by dealing in liquor and meat, and by the trade of iron and hides—these are occupations spoken of here as ethically blameworthy.”

Word by Word

• रड्रावतरणम्: causing descent/bringing down of Rudra (a ritual/act)
• रड्रावतरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रड्रावतरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• रूपोपजीवनम्: livelihood by (one's) beauty/appearance
• रूपोपजीवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूपोपजीवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मद्यमांसोपजीव्यम्: that which is lived on by liquor and meat (i.e., livelihood involving liquor/meat)
• मद्यमांसोपजीव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्यमांसोपजीव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• विक्रयम्: sale/selling
• विक्रयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोहचर्मणोः: of iron and leather
• लोहचर्मणोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहचर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• रुद्र (Rudra)