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Shloka 7

Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)

तस्माद्‌ धर्मो विहितो ब्राह्मणस्य दम: शौचमार्जवं चापि राजन्‌ । तथा विप्रस्याश्रमा: सर्व एव पुरा राजन्‌ ब्राह्मणा वै निसृष्टा:,अत: नरेश्वर! ब्राह्मणके लिये इन्द्रियसंयम, बाहर-भीतरकी शुद्धि और सरलताके साथ- साथ धर्माचरणका ही विधान है। राजन्‌! सभी आश्रम ब्राह्मणोंके लिये ही हैं क्योंकि सबसे पहले ब्राह्मणोंकी ही सृष्टि हुई है

tasmād dharmo vihito brāhmaṇasya damaḥ śaucaṃ ārjavaṃ cāpi rājan | tathā viprasyāśramāḥ sarva eva purā rājan brāhmaṇā vai nisṛṣṭāḥ |

Therefore, O king, the prescribed dharma for a brāhmaṇa is self-restraint (dama), purity—outer and inner—and straightforwardness. And, O king, all the āśramas are indeed for the brāhmaṇa, for in ancient times the brāhmaṇas were said to have been created first.

तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
धर्मःduty/dharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विहितःprescribed/ordained
विहितः:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-धा
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive/resultative
ब्राह्मणस्यof the Brahmin
ब्राह्मणस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
दमःself-control (sense-restraint)
दमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शौचम्purity/cleanliness
शौचम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशौच
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आर्जवम्straightforwardness/simplicity
आर्जवम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआर्जव
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
विप्रस्यof the Brahmin (vipra)
विप्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
आश्रमाःstages of life/āśramas
आश्रमाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पुराformerly/at first
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वैindeed/verily
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
निसृष्टाःcreated/produced
निसृष्टाः:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√सृज्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, passive/resultative

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
B
brāhmaṇa
V
vipra
Ā
āśrama