Shloka 28
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
Devanagari script
विष्ठा वार्धुषिकस्यान्नं गणिकान्नमथेन्द्रियम् । मृष्यन्ति ये चोपपतिं स्त्रीजितान्नं च सर्वश:
Translation
The food of the deceitful usurer is held to be like filth; the food of a harlot is held to be like semen. And those who endure that another man (a lover) should approach their wife—the food of such cowards, and of men ever ruled by women, is likewise deemed equal to semen.
Word by Word
विष्ठाexcrement
विष्ठा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविष्ठा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वार्धुषिकस्यof a usurer/moneylender
वार्धुषिकस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवार्धुषिक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गणिकान्नम्a courtesan's food
गणिकान्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगणिका + अन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
इन्द्रियम्semen; generative fluid (lit. vital power/organ)
इन्द्रियम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मृष्यन्तिthey tolerate/endure
मृष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उपपतिम्a paramour/lover (of a married woman)
उपपतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपपति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
स्त्रीजितान्नम्food of one conquered/ruled by a woman (henpecked man's food)
स्त्रीजितान्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्रीजित + अन्न
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सर्वशःentirely; in every way
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशः
Speaker
व्यास उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes