Shloka 10

Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)

Devanagari script

वर्जयेदुशतीं वाचं हिंसां चाधर्मसंहिताम्‌ । एषा पूर्वगता वृत्तित्राह्मिणस्य विधीयते

Transliteration

varjayed uśatīṃ vācaṃ hiṃsāṃ cādharmasaṃhitām | eṣā pūrvagatā vṛttir brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate ||

Translation

ဗျာသက ဆိုသည်– «ကြမ်းတမ်းသောစကားနှင့် အကြမ်းဖက်မှုကို ရှောင်ကြဉ်စေ။ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုသည် အဓမ္မနှင့် ဆက်စပ်နေသည်။ ဤသည်မှာ ဗြာဟ္မဏအတွက် ရိုးရာတာဝန်အဖြစ် အမိန့်ပြုထားသော ရှေးဟောင်းအကျင့်စည်းကမ်း ဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• वर्जयेत्: should avoid
• वर्जयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज् (वर्ज्)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Present (injunctive sense), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उशतीम्: pleasant / agreeable
• उशतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उशती (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वाचम्: speech, words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• हिंसाम्: violence, injury
• हिंसाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंसा (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अधर्मसंहिताम्: connected with adharma / tainted by unrighteousness
• अधर्मसंहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्मसंहिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्वगता: handed down from earlier times / traditional
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व-गम् (गता)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वृत्तिः: conduct, mode of life, duty
• वृत्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (पुं.)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विधीयते: is prescribed / is enjoined
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Lat, Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• brāhmaṇa