Shloka 30
Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)
Devanagari script
गणग्रामाभिशस्तानां रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनां तथा
Transliteration
gaṇagrāmābhiśastānāṁ raḍḍharastrījīvināṁ tathā
Translation
Vyāsa said: “Likewise, those publicly denounced as members of violent gangs and predatory bands, and those who live by exploiting women—such people too fall under grave moral censure.”
Word by Word
गणग्रामाभिशस्तानाम्of those accused/denounced as (belonging to) bands and villages
गणग्रामाभिशस्तानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootगणग्रामाभिशस्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनाम्of those who live by (depend on) women (i.e., kept men/procurers)
रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरड्ढरस्त्रीजीविन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तथाand likewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Speaker
व्यास उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns socially harmful livelihoods—organized predation and exploitation—marking them as adharma and worthy of public censure.
In Vyāsa’s discourse on conduct and social ethics, he lists categories of people whose actions are considered blameworthy, extending the moral critique to gang-like violence and those who profit from exploiting women.