Shloka 16

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

Devanagari script

येषामस्ति च भोक्तव्यं ग्रहणीदोषपीडिता:

Transliteration

yeṣām asti ca bhoktavyaṃ grahaṇīdoṣapīḍitāḥ

Translation

വേട്ടക്കാരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ചിലർക്കു ഭക്ഷിക്കേണ്ട ആഹാരം ഉണ്ടായിട്ടും അവർ ഗ്രഹണീദോഷം മൂലം പീഡിതരാണ്; അതിനാൽ ലഭ്യമുള്ളതിനെ ശരിയായി ആസ്വദിക്കാനും ശരിയായി ജീർണ്ണിച്ച് ആത്മസാത് ചെയ്യാനും കഴിയുന്നില്ല।”

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom / whose
• येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अस्ति: is / exists
• अस्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन

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

• भोक्तव्यम्: to be eaten / fit to be consumed
• भोक्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + तव्यत्
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ग्रहणीदोषपीडिताः: afflicted by the disorder of grahaṇī (digestive ailment)
• ग्रहणीदोषपीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रहणीदोषपीडित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• vyādha (the hunter)
• grahaṇī (digestive system/organ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Material availability alone does not guarantee enjoyment or well-being; bodily limitation and illness can prevent one from benefiting even from what is rightfully obtainable, encouraging humility, compassion, and a less judgmental view of others’ circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyādha continues his instruction by pointing to a common human condition: some people possess food and means, yet due to a digestive disorder (grahaṇī-doṣa) they suffer and cannot properly consume or enjoy it—an example used to broaden the listener’s ethical understanding of suffering and limitation.