Shloka 58

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

नेदं सम्यग्‌ व्यवसितं महर्षे धर्मगर्हितम्‌ । चाण्डालस्वस्य हरणमभक्ष्यस्य विशेषत:,“महर्ष) आपने जो निश्चय किया है, यह ठीक नहीं है, चाण्डालके धनका, उसमें भी विशेषरूपसे अभक्ष्य पदार्थका अपहरण धर्मकी दृष्टिसे अत्यन्त निन्दित है

Transliteration

nedaṃ samyag vyavasitaṃ maharṣe dharmagarhitam | cāṇḍālasvasya haraṇam abhakṣyasya viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Wahai maharsi, tekadmu ini tidaklah tepat; ia tercela menurut dharma. Merampas harta seorang Caṇḍāla—terutama bila berupa sesuatu yang terlarang untuk dimakan—adalah perbuatan yang sangat dikecam oleh kebenaran.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• samyak: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak

• vyavasitam: resolved, determined
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyavasita
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• maharṣe: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• dharma-garhitam: censured by dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-garhita
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• cāṇḍāla-svasya: of a Caṇḍāla's property/wealth
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāṇḍāla-sva
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• haraṇam: taking away, seizure
• haraṇam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: haraṇa
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• abhakṣyasya: of what is unfit to be eaten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhakṣya
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ

Speaker

घपच उवाच

Characters & Entities

• महर्षि (maharṣi)
• चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla)
• अभक्ष्य (abhakṣya substance/food)