Shloka 18

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

अन्यस्मिज्जन्मनि विभो ज्ञानविज्ञानपारग: । अभवं तत्र जानानो होतान्‌ दोषान्‌ मदात्‌ सदा

Transliteration

anyasmij janmani vibho jñānavijñānapāragaḥ | abhavaṁ tatra jānāno hotān doṣān madāt sadā ||

Translation

«Ó Senhor, em outro nascimento tornei-me alguém que dominara tanto o saber quanto o discernimento realizado. Contudo, mesmo conhecendo as faltas que nascem da embriaguez, eu as cometia repetidas vezes, impelido pelo orgulho e pela ilusão.»

Word by Word

• अन्यस्मिन्: in another
• अन्यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जन्मनि: birth, life
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one / O Lord
• विभो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगः: one who has gone to the far shore of knowledge and realization
• ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानपारग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवम्: I was / I became
• अभवम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• जानानः: knowing
• जानानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• होतान्: hotṛ-priests (offerers)
• होतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दोषान्: faults, defects
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मदात्: from pride / intoxication
• मदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

चाण्डाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चाण्डाल (the speaker)
• विभु (addressed Lord)