Shloka 6

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

दीक्षितश्न स राजापि क्षिप्रं नरकमाविशत्‌ | सह तैर्याजकै: सर्वर्त्रद्यस्वमुपजीव्य तत्‌

Transliteration

dīkṣitaś ca sa rājāpi kṣipraṁ narakam āviśat | saha tair yājakaiḥ sarvair adyāsvam upajīvya tat ||

Translation

チャンダーラは言った。「その王は、たとえ祭祀のために正しくディークシャー（灌頂・入壇の誓戒）を受けていたとしても、たちまち地獄に堕ちた――儀礼を執り行った祭官たちすべてと共に。彼らが不義に奪われた財を糧として生き、それを用いたからである。すなわち、儀礼への参与は盗まれた富の穢れを清めない。知りつつその利益に与る者は、同じ業の報いを分かち受けるのだ。」

Word by Word

• दीक्षितः: initiated (having taken consecration)
• दीक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षित (√दिक्ष्/√दीक्ष् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आविशत्: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• याजकैः: with the officiating priests
• याजकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सर्वत्र: everywhere / in all respects
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वम्: one's own property/wealth
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपजीव्य: having lived on / having used as livelihood
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपजीव्य (उप + √जीव् + ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

Speaker

चाण्डाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चाण्डाल (Cāṇḍāla, speaker)
• राजा (the king, sacrificer)
• याजक (officiating priests)
• नरक (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual status (such as dīkṣā) does not override ethical wrongdoing: benefiting from stolen or unrighteously acquired wealth implicates both patron and priests, leading to karmic downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states that an initiated king and the officiating priests quickly went to hell because they used/depended upon property that was not rightfully obtained, underscoring the danger of conducting or supporting sacrifice with tainted wealth.