Shloka 27

Daṇḍa as the Foundation of Social Order (दण्डप्रतिष्ठा)

Devanagari script

ग्रामान्‌ निष्क्रम्य मुनयो विगतक्रोधमत्सरा: । वने कुट॒म्बधर्माणो दृश्यन्ते परिमोहिता:

Transliteration

grāmān niṣkramya munayo vigata-krodha-matsarāḥ | vane kuṭumba-dharmāṇo dṛśyante parimohitāḥ ||

Translation

ਕਈ ਮੁਨੀ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਅਤੇ ਈਰਖਾ ਤੋਂ ਰਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਜੰਗਲ ਵੱਲ ਚਲੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ; ਪਰ ਉੱਥੇ ਵੀ ਮੋਹ ਦੇ ਵਸ਼ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਗ੍ਰਿਹਸਥ-ਧਰਮ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਚਿਮੜੇ ਦਿੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• ग्रामान्: villages
• ग्रामान्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निष्क्रम्य: having gone out (departing)
• निष्क्रम्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विगतक्रोधमत्सराः: free from anger and envy
• विगतक्रोधमत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगतक्रोधमत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुटुम्बधर्माणः: having the duties of householders (as their dharma)
• कुटुम्बधर्माणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुटुम्बधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen / appear
• दृश्यन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Lat, Present, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Plural

• परिमोहिताः: deluded, bewildered
• परिमोहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि√मुह्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• munis (sages)
• villages (grāma)
• forest (vana)
• household/family (kuṭumba)