Shloka 18

Aṣṭāvakra and the Woman: Disclosure, Permission, and Marital Resolution (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय २२)

Devanagari script

यदि वा दोषजातं त्वं परदारेषु पश्यसि । आत्मानं स्पर्शयाम्यद्य पार्णिं गृह्ीष्व मे द्विज

Transliteration

yadi vā doṣajātaṃ tvaṃ paradāreṣu paśyasi | ātmānaṃ sparśayāmy adya pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva me dvija-brahman ||

Translation

Aṣṭāvakra disse: “Se percebes alguma falta na união com a esposa de outro homem, então hoje eu me ofereço a ti—toma minha mão em casamento, ó brāhmaṇa duas-vezes-nascido (dvija).”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• दोषजातम्: a mass/collection of fault(s)
• दोषजातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोषजात
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• परदारेषु: in others' wives
• परदारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परदार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पश्यसि: you see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्पर्शयामि: I cause (you) to touch / I offer (myself) to be touched
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

• अद्य: today / now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• पाणिम्: hand
• पाणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गृह्णीष्व: take (accept)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin / O knower of Brahman
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अद्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭāvakra
• dvija (brāhmaṇa addressee)