Sutra 39

Devanagari script

तस्य मृगयाद्यूतयोर्मृगया गरीयसी इति पिशुनः ॥ कZ_०८.३.३९ ॥

Transliteration

tasya mṛgayādyūtayor mṛgayā garīyasī iti piśunaḥ

Translation

ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੋਵਾਂ—ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਜੂਏ—ਵਿੱਚ ਪਿਸ਼ੁਨ (ਸੂਚਕ) ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਗੰਭੀਰ (ਦੋਸ਼) ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its; of that (person/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (पुं/नपुं); सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• मृगया: hunting (the vice of hunting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगया
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• द्यूतयोः: of/in the two (vices), gambling (and …)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• मृगया: hunting
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगया
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (पुनरुक्ति—विषय-निर्देशः)

• गरीयसी: more serious/weightier (worse)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरियस् (गुरु-तुल्यतर)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• इति: thus; ‘…’ (quotative)
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न

• पिशुनः: the pishuna (slanderer/informer; a type of spy)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशुन
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग

Entities Mentioned

• Piśuna

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FAQs

Who is ‘Piśuna’ here?

A stock interlocutor meaning ‘informer/spy’—used as a voice presenting one side of a policy judgment.