Shloka 50

प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्

Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence

Devanagari script

वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धो यः शिष्टशास्त्रविरोधकः / एष मार्गो हि निरये तिर्य्यग्योनौ च कारणम्

Transliteration

varṇāśramaviruddho yaḥ śiṣṭaśāstravirodhakaḥ / eṣa mārgo hi niraye tiryyagyonau ca kāraṇam

Translation

Celui qui va contre le varṇāśrama et contredit les śāstra des nobles—ce chemin est cause de chute en enfer et de naissance en matrice animale (tiryak-yoni).

Word by Word

• varṇa-āśrama-viruddhaḥ: contrary to the varṇa-āśrama order
• varṇa-āśrama-viruddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + viruddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; adjective used substantively; ‘opposed to varṇa and āśrama’

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

• śiṣṭa-śāstra-virodhakaḥ: opposed to the authoritative teachings of the learned
• śiṣṭa-śāstra-virodhakaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + virodhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; ‘opposer of the śiṣṭas’ scriptures’

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; demonstrative

• mārgaḥ: path, course
• mārgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic/causal particle

• niraye: in hell
• niraye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular

• tiryyag-yonau: in an animal birth
• tiryyag-yonau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tiryyak (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; ‘in an animal womb/species’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• kāraṇam: cause
• kāraṇam: Pradhāna (प्रधान/predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; predicate nominative