Shloka 67

Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation

Devanagari script

द्वे तस्य त्रीणि वर्षाणि चत्वारि सहसेविनि । कुचर: पज्चवर्षाणि चरेद्‌ भैक्ष्यं मुनिव्रत:

Transliteration

dve tasya trīṇi varṣāṇi catvāri sahasevini | kucaraḥ pañcavarṣāṇi cared bhaikṣyaṃ munivrataḥ ||

Translation

ആ പതിതനോടൊപ്പം രണ്ട്, മൂന്ന് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നാല് വർഷം സഹവാസം ചെയ്തവൻ മുനിവ്രതം സ്വീകരിച്ച് അതേ വർഷങ്ങൾ ഭിക്ഷാവൃത്തിയാൽ ജീവിച്ച് ഭൂമിയിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കണം. അഞ്ചു വർഷം സഹവാസം ചെയ്തവനും അഞ്ചു വർഷം അതുപോലെ ഭിക്ഷുജീവിതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चत्वारि: four
• चत्वारि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• सहसेविनि: in association/companionship (with the offender); in one who keeps company
• सहसेविनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सहसेविन्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कुचरः: a bad-doer / one of bad conduct
• कुचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चवर्षाणि: five years (for a period of five years)
• पञ्चवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral compound)
• Root: पञ्चवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चरेत्: should wander/practise
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भैक्ष्यम्: alms-begging; living on alms
• भैक्ष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्ष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मुनिव्रतः: having the vow of a sage; observing a sage-like vow
• मुनिव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनिव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• king (rājā, implied addressee)
• the fallen man (patita, implied)
• heated iron bed/charpoy (contextual object in the passage)
• fire (contextual)