Shloka 52

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

द्रष्ट॑ वा नैव विप्रेन्द्रा_ नैव कौतूहलेन वा

Transliteration

draṣṭā vā naiva viprendrā naiva kautūhalena vā

Translation

Vīrabhadra disse: «Ó melhor dos brāhmaṇas, nem sequer para vê-lo—nem por mera curiosidade.»

Word by Word

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: तुमुन्, कर्तरि

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of Brahmins (brahmin-lords)
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कौतूहलेन: out of curiosity/with curiosity
• कौतूहलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतूहल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

वीरभद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• viprendra (addressed brāhmaṇa)