Shloka 32

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

Devanagari script

चतुष्पात्‌ सकलो धर्मों ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते । पादावकृष्टो राजन्ये तथा धर्मो विधीयते

Transliteration

catuṣpāt sakalo dharmo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate | pādāvakṛṣṭo rājanye tathā dharmo vidhīyate ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “For the Brāhmaṇa, dharma is prescribed in its complete, four-footed form. For the Kṣatriya, however, dharma is likewise prescribed, but with one ‘foot’ diminished—less complete than that of the Brāhmaṇa.”

Word by Word

• चतुष्पात्: four-footed; having four parts
• चतुष्पात्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुष्पाद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सकलः: entire, complete
• सकलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, duty, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विधीयते: is prescribed/ordained
• विधीयते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

• पादौ: two feet; two parts
• पादौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अवकृष्टः: reduced, diminished, drawn down
• अवकृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवकृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्ये: in/for the Kshatriya (royal class)
• राजन्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• धर्मः: dharma, duty
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधीयते: is prescribed/ordained
• विधीयते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brāhmaṇa
• Rājanya (Kṣatriya)