Shloka 30

Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)

Devanagari script

गणग्रामाभिशस्तानां रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनां तथा

Transliteration

gaṇagrāmābhiśastānāṁ raḍḍharastrījīvināṁ tathā

Translation

Vyāsa dit : «De même, ceux que l’on voue publiquement au blâme comme membres de bandes violentes et de troupes prédatrices, et ceux qui vivent en exploitant les femmes, tombent eux aussi sous une lourde réprobation morale.»

Word by Word

• गणग्रामाभिशस्तानाम्: of those accused/denounced as (belonging to) bands and villages
• गणग्रामाभिशस्तानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गणग्रामाभिशस्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनाम्: of those who live by (depend on) women (i.e., kept men/procurers)
• रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रड्ढरस्त्रीजीविन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: and likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns socially harmful livelihoods—organized predation and exploitation—marking them as adharma and worthy of public censure.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.