Sutra 2
Devanagari script
प्रदिष्टाभयस्थावरजङ्गमानि च ब्रह्मसोमारण्यानि तपस्विभ्यो गोरुतपराणि प्रयच्छेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२.०२ ॥
Transliteration
pradiṣṭābhaya-sthāvara-jaṅgamāni ca brahma-somāraṇyāni tapasvibhyo go-ruta-parāṇi prayacchet
Translation
वह तपस्वियों को ‘ब्रह्म’ और ‘सोम’ वन दे—ऐसे घोषित अभय-क्षेत्र जहाँ स्थावर और जंगम सभी प्राणियों को संरक्षण सुनिश्चित हो—और जो गौ-पालन तथा चरागाह के अनुकूल हों।
Word by Word
प्रदिष्टassigned/ordered/indicated (as to be given)
प्रदिष्ट:
TypeParticiple (Verbal adjective)
Rootप्र√दिश्
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्गे बहुवचनम् (अभयस्थावरजङ्गमानि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
अभयsecurity, protection, safe-conduct
अभय:
TypeNoun
Rootअ-भय (√भी)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग); ‘fearlessness/safety’
स्थावरimmovable (property/creatures)
स्थावर:
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootस्थावर
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग); ‘immovable’
जङ्गमmovable (property/creatures)
जङ्गम:
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootजङ्गम
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग); ‘movable’
अभयस्थावरजङ्गमानिprotections (safe-guards) for immovable and movable (things)
अभयस्थावरजङ्गमानि:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअभय + स्थावर + जङ्गम
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; (प्रदिष्ट इत्यनेन विशेषितम्)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्ययम्
ब्रह्मsacred rite / Vedic religious act
ब्रह्म:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग)
सोमSoma (ritual/sacrifice)
सोम:
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
Formपुंलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग)
अरण्यforest / wilderness (hermitage context)
अरण्य:
TypeNoun
Rootअरण्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग)
ब्रह्मसोमारण्यानि(matters/places of) sacred rites, Soma-rites, and forests
ब्रह्मसोमारण्यानि:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootब्रह्म + सोम + अरण्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; (प्रदिष्ट इत्यनेन विशेषितम्)
तपस्विभ्यःto/for ascetics
तपस्विभ्यः:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्विन्
Formपुंलिङ्गे (वा सामान्यलिङ्गे) चतुर्थी बहुवचनम्
गोcow/cattle
गो:
TypeNoun
Rootगो
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग); ‘cow/cattle’
उतalso/and
उत:
TypeParticle
Rootउत
Formसमुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक अव्ययम् (often ‘and/also’)
परhaving as primary; devoted to
पर:
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
Formसमासाङ्ग; ‘having as chief/being devoted to’
गोरुतपराणिthose (ascetics) who are chiefly concerned with cattle
गोरुतपराणि:
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootगो + उत + पर
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; (तपस्विभ्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
प्रयच्छेत्should grant / should give
प्रयच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√यम्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; ‘he should give/grant’
Entities Mentioned
T
tapasvin (ascetics)B
brahma-araṇyaS
soma-araṇyaS
sthāvara-jaṅgama (flora and fauna)C
cattle/pasture (go-)FAQs
A formal legal designation of protection—an early form of state-notified sanctuary where harm is prohibited and enforcement is implied.
They function as socially legitimate custodians; granting them protected forests can stabilize frontier ecologies, reduce conflict, and align state policy with religious norms.