Shloka 76
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
अपानपा न गदितास्तथान्ये ये द्विजातय: । जपन्ति संहितां सम्यक ते नित्यं तारणक्षमा:
Transliteration
apānapā na gaditās tathānye ye dvijātayaḥ | japanti saṃhitāṃ samyak te nityaṃ tāraṇakṣamāḥ ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Those born as twice-born, and others as well, who do not utter what is improper and who correctly recite the sacred Saṃhitā in japa—such people are ever capable of delivering (themselves and others) across (the peril of sin and worldly bondage).”
Word by Word
अपानपाःthose who do not drink (water)
अपानपाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअपानप (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गदिताःspoken / uttered
गदिताः:
TypeVerb
Rootगद् (धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
तथाthus / likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
द्विजातयःtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)
द्विजातयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जपन्तिthey recite / mutter
जपन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
संहिताम्the Saṃhitā (text/collection)
संहिताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
सम्यक्properly / correctly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तारणक्षमाḥcapable of delivering (saving)
तारणक्षमाḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतारण-क्षमा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraD
dvijātayaḥ (twice-born)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes