Shloka 19

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

संरब्ध एव भूतानां पृष्ठमांसमभक्षयम्‌ | सो<हं तेन च वृत्तेन भोजनेन च तेन वै

Transliteration

saṃrabdha eva bhūtānāṃ pṛṣṭhamāṃsam abhakṣayam | so 'haṃ tena ca vṛttena bhojanena ca tena vai

Translation

Caṇḍāla itu berkata: “Didorong oleh keperluan yang keras, aku memakan daging dari belakang makhluk-makhluk. Maka, oleh cara hidup itu—dan oleh makanan itulah—aku menjadi seperti diriku sekarang.”

Word by Word

• संरब्धः: enraged, agitated
• संरब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध (कृदन्त, रभ् धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पृष्ठमांसम्: back-flesh (flesh of the back)
• पृष्ठमांसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठमांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभक्षयम्: I ate/consumed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by that, with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• वृत्तेन: by that conduct/behavior
• वृत्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भोजनेन: by that eating/food
• भोजनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

चाण्डाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चाण्डाल (Caṇḍāla)
• भूत (living beings/creatures)
• पृष्ठमांस (back-flesh/meat)