Shloka 35

Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent

Devanagari script

यो गतिर्द्धर्मयुक्तानामगतिः पापकर्मणाम् / चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य प्रभवश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता

Transliteration

yo gatirddharmayuktānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām / cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaścāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā

Translation

Il est la voie des êtres accordés au dharma et la non-voie de ceux qui commettent le péché; il est l’origine du caturvarṇya et le protecteur du caturvarṇya.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• gatiḥ: refuge/goal
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• dharma-yuktānām: of the righteous
• dharma-yuktānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त from yuj)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'of those joined with dharma'

• agatiḥ: non-refuge/no way out
• agatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); privative a-

• pāpa-karmaṇām: of the sinful-doers
• pāpa-karmaṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) (collective), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'of those whose deeds are sinful'

• cāturvarṇyasya: of the fourfold social order
• cāturvarṇyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'of the fourfold varṇa-system'

• prabhavaḥ: origin/source
• prabhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• cāturvarṇyasya: of the fourfold social order
• cāturvarṇyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• rakṣitā: protector
• rakṣitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣ (धातु) + tṛc/तृन् (agentive) (प्रातिपदिक: rakṣitṛ)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agent noun used as predicate