Sutra 21

Devanagari script

तीर्थकरस्तपस्वी व्याधितः क्षुत्पिपासाध्वक्लान्तस्तिरोजनपदो दण्डखेदी निष्किंचनश्चानुग्राह्याः ॥ कZ_०३.२०.२१ ॥

Transliteration

tīrthakarastapasvī vyādhitaḥ kṣutpipāsādhvaklāntastirojanapado daṇḍakhedī niṣkiṃcanaścānugrāhyāḥ

Translation

ဘုရားဖူးများ၊ တပသီများ၊ နာမကျန်းသူများ၊ ဆာလောင်ခြင်း၊ ရေငတ်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ခရီးပန်းနွမ်းခြင်းကြောင့် မောပန်းသူများ၊ အခြားဒေသမှ လာသူများ၊ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ကြောင့် ဒုက္ခရောက်သူများနှင့် ဆင်းရဲနွမ်းပါးသူများကို အနူးအညွတ်ထား၍ ကူညီထောက်ပံ့ရမည်။

Word by Word

• तीर्थकरः: one who makes/establishes a ford or public crossing-place; a benefactor who builds public works
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: तीर्थ + कृ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; कृ-धातु से -अ (कर्तृवाचक) प्रत्यय; ‘तीर्थं करोति’ इति

• तपस्वी: an ascetic; one practicing austerities
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: तपस्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; -इन् प्रत्यय (तपस्विन्)

• व्याधितः: one who is ill/afflicted by disease
• Type: Noun (past participle used adjectivally)
• Root: व्याधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘व्याधित’ (पीडित) विशेषणरूपेण

• क्षुत्: hunger
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘क्षुध्’ से ‘क्षुत्’ (भूख)

• पिपासा: thirst
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिपासा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• अध्वक्लान्तः: weary from travel; travel-worn
• Type: Noun (adjectival compound)
• Root: अध्वन् + क्लम्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘अध्वनि क्लान्तः’ = यात्रा/मार्ग से थका हुआ

• तिरोजनपदः: a foreigner; one from another country/territory
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: तिरस् + जनपद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘तिरस्’ (पार/पर) + ‘जनपद’ = परदेश/अन्य जनपद से आया हुआ

• दण्डखेदी: one distressed by punishment; suffering under penal action
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: दण्ड + खेद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘दण्डेन खेद्यते/खेदयति’ इति—दण्ड (दण्ड-पीड़ा/दण्ड-प्रहार) से पीड़ित/कष्टभोगी

• निष्किंचनः: destitute; having nothing
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: निष् + किंचन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘निष्किंचन’ = अकिंचन/दरिद्र

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• अनुग्राह्याः: to be shown favor; deserving assistance/protection
• Type: Adjective (gerundive)
• Root: अनु + ग्रह्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन; -य (तव्यत्/ण्यत्-समर्थ) भाव: ‘अनुग्राह्य’ = अनुग्रहणीय/सहाय्य-योग्य

Entities Mentioned

• pilgrim
• ascetic
• sick person
• traveller
• foreigner
• destitute

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