Shloka 16

मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः

Determination of the Means to Liberation

Devanagari script

गरीयांसो गरीयांसमपराधे पुन: पुनः । तदा विसर्गमर्हन्ति न यथा प्रथमे तथा

Translation

人が罪過を重ね、たびたび過ちを犯すなら、重んぜられる裁断者たちはその罪に応じて、より重い刑を科すべきである。そのときは、初犯のように無罰で放つに値しない。

Word by Word

• गरीयांसः: more weighty/greater (persons)
• गरीयांसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरीयस् (गुरु-तुल्यतर, comparative stem)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गरीयांसम्: a heavier/greater (punishment/measure)
• गरीयांसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरीयस् (गुरु-तुल्यतर, comparative stem)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपराधे: in/with respect to an offence
• अपराधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• विसर्गम्: release/letting off (discharge)
• विसर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विसर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्हन्ति: deserve/are fit for
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रथमे: in the first (time/instance)
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: so/thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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