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Arthashastra 3.11.36: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 11, Sutra 36

राजन्यं वैश्यं वा मा तवेष्टापूर्तफलं कपालहस्तः शत्रुकुलं भिक्षार्थी गच्छेः इति ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.11.36

rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ vā mā taveṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃ kapālahastaḥ śatrukulaṃ bhikṣārthī gaccheḥ iti

क्षत्रिय या वैश्य विटनेस के लिए जज कहता है, तुम्हारे पूजा और दान का फल तुम्हे नहीं मिलेगा। हाथ में कटोरी लेकर दुश्मन के घर भीख माँगने जाना।

राजन्यम्a Kshatriya (member of the royal/warrior class)
राजन्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (कर्म)
वैश्यम्a Vaishya (member of the commoner/merchant-agricultural class)
वैश्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootविश्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (कर्म)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्
माdo not
मा:
TypeParticle
Rootमा
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (आज्ञार्थे/विधौ निषेधः)
त्वyour
त्व:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formषष्ठी एकवचनम् (सम्बन्धः) — एन्क्लिटिक-रूपम्
इष्टापूर्तफलम्the merit/reward of sacrificial and charitable acts (ishta) and public works (purta)
इष्टापूर्तफलम्:
TypeNoun
Rootफल
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (कर्म)
कपालहस्तःone holding a begging bowl (a beggar/ascetic with a bowl in hand)
कपालहस्तः:
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (कर्तृ)
शत्रुकुलम्the enemy’s family/household/lineage
शत्रुकुलम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (कर्म/गन्तव्य-देशः)
भिक्षार्थीseeking alms (a mendicant)
भिक्षार्थी:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थिन्
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (कर्तृ)
गच्छेःyou should go / (with mā) you should not go
गच्छेः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ्-प्रायः), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; निषेधेन (मा) सह ‘मा गच्छेः’ = ‘do not go’
इतिthus (so said/quoted)
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formउद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम्
K
Kṣatriya (rājanya)
V
Vaiśya

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