Shloka 34

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

जात्या प्रधान पुरुष कुर्वाणं कर्म धिकृकृतम्‌ । कर्म तद्‌ दूषयत्येनं तस्मात्‌ कर्म न शोभनम्‌

Transliteration

jātyā pradhāna-puruṣa kurvāṇaṃ karma dhik-kṛtam | karma tad dūṣayaty enaṃ tasmāt karma na śobhanam ||

Translation

Parāśara dit : «Lorsqu’un homme, par sa naissance, est tenu pour d’un rang supérieur (pradhāna) et qu’il accomplit pourtant un acte méprisable, cet acte même le souille. Aussi une telle action ne lui sied-elle pas : elle avilit l’auteur et ruine la dignité qu’exige sa condition».

Word by Word

• जात्या: by birth, by caste
• जात्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रधानम्: chief, foremost
• प्रधानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषम्: a man, person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वाणम्: doing, performing
• कुर्वाणम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active)

• कर्म: deed, action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धिक्कृतम्: censured, reproached
• धिक्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धिक्कृत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: the deed/action
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दूषयति: spoils, corrupts
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एन्-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कर्म: the deed/action
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शोभनम्: good, proper, commendable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• प्रधान पुरुष (pradhāna-puruṣa)