Shloka 13

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

Devanagari script

अपरे धनधान्यैश्न भोगैश्व पितृसंचितै:

Transliteration

apare dhanadhānyaiś ca bhogaiś ca pitṛsañcitaiḥ

Translation

“Yang lain pula hidup dengan harta dan hasil bijirin, serta kenikmatan yang telah dihimpun oleh nenek moyang mereka.”

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनधान्यैः: with wealth and grain
• धनधान्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनधान्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भोगैः: with enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• पितृसंचितैः: accumulated by forefathers
• पितृसंचितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृसंचित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• pitaraḥ (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts ways of living: some depend on inherited, ancestor-accumulated resources (wealth, grain, pleasures), implicitly raising an ethical reflection on livelihood, responsibility, and the proper use of inherited prosperity within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Vyādha continues his instruction by describing different human modes of sustenance and enjoyment, noting that some people live on comforts and provisions passed down from their forefathers, as part of a broader discourse on righteous conduct.