Shloka 62

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

गार्हस्थ्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च वानप्रस्थं त्रयाश्रमाः क्षत्रियस्यापि कथिता ये चाचारा द्विजस्य हि

Transliteration

gārhasthyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vānaprasthaṃ trayāśramāḥ kṣatriyasyāpi kathitā ye cācārā dvijasya hi

Translation

ຊີວິດຄອບຄົວ (ຄຣະຫັດສະຖະ), ຊີວິດນັກສຶກສາ (ພຣະພົມຈັນ), ແລະຊີວິດຢູ່ປ່າ (ວານະປຣັສຖະ)—ອາສຣົມທັງສາມນີ້ ກໍຖືກກຳນົດໃຫ້ແກ່ກະສັດຕຣິຍະເຊັ່ນກັນ; ແລະນີ້ແມ່ນຈັນຍາທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງຂອງຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ (dvija) ແທ້ໆ.

Word by Word

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: householder stage
• गार्हस्थ्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: student/celibate stage
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वानप्रस्थम्: forest-dweller stage
• वानप्रस्थम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• आश्रमाः: āśramas (stages)
• आश्रमाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• क्षत्रियस्य: of the kṣatriya
• क्षत्रियस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• कथिताः: have been described
• कथिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः (have been stated)

• ये: which; those who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आचाराः: conducts; practices
• आचाराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• द्विजस्य: of the twice-born (brāhmaṇa etc.)
• द्विजस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (particle: 'indeed/for')

Speakers

• Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Āśrama system
• Kṣatriya-dharma
• Dvija-ācāra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse underscores that disciplined life-stages are not exclusive to brāhmaṇas: kṣatriyas too are to follow brahmacarya, gārhasthya, and vānaprastha as dvija observances. It promotes a shared ethical framework for the ‘twice-born,’ linking power (kṣatra) with restraint and staged maturation.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Again, this is dharma/ācāra instruction (normative teaching) rather than one of the five primary purāṇic marks. It functions as social-ethical codification embedded within the Purāṇic narrative setting.

What is the symbolic significance?

By affirming āśrama discipline for kṣatriyas, the text symbolically ‘tames sovereignty’: rulership is framed as accountable to spiritual training (brahmacarya), social responsibility (gārhasthya), and eventual withdrawal/renunciation (vānaprastha), preventing perpetual attachment to power.