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Shloka 98

Adhyaya 89: शौचाचारलक्षणम् — सदाचार, भैक्ष्यचर्या, प्रायश्चित्त, द्रव्यशुद्धि, आशौच-निर्णय

मैथुनात्कामतो विप्रास् तथैव परुषादिभिः यवाद्याः सम्प्रजायन्ते ग्राम्यारण्याश्चतुर्दश

maithunātkāmato viprās tathaiva paruṣādibhiḥ yavādyāḥ samprajāyante grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa

हे विप्रांनो, कामवश मैथुनातून, तसेच परुष इत्यादी अवस्थांपासून, यव इत्यादी धान्ये चौदा प्रकारची—ग्राम्य व आरण्य—उत्पन्न होतात।

maithunātfrom sexual union
maithunāt:
kāmataḥfrom desire (kāma-driven impulse)
kāmataḥ:
viprāḥO brāhmaṇas/sages
viprāḥ:
tathā evaand likewise/just so
tathā eva:
paruṣa-ādibhiḥfrom the series beginning with the coarse/rough (conditions or modes)
paruṣa-ādibhiḥ:
yavādyāḥbarley and other grains
yavādyāḥ:
samprajāyanteare generated/come into being
samprajāyante:
grāmyadomesticated/cultivated
grāmya:
āraṇyāḥwild/forest
āraṇyāḥ:
caturdaśafourteen
caturdaśa:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)