Shloka 48

Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)

Devanagari script

ग्रामो धान्यैर्यथा शून्यो यथा कूपश्च निर्जल:ः । यथा हुतमनग्नौ च तथैव स्यान्निराकृती,“जिस प्रकार अन्तहीन ग्राम, जलरहित कुँआ और राखमें की हुई आहुति व्यर्थ होती है, उसी प्रकार मूर्ख ब्राह्मणको दिया हुआ दान भी व्यर्थ ही है

Transliteration

grāmo dhānyair yathā śūnyo yathā kūpaś ca nirjalaḥ | yathā hutam anagnau ca tathaiva syān nirākṛtiḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa disse: “Assim como uma aldeia sem grãos, um poço sem água e uma oferenda derramada onde não há fogo são todos infrutíferos, do mesmo modo a dádiva concedida a um brāhmaṇa tolo torna-se infrutífera.”

Word by Word

ग्रामःvillage

धान्यैःwith grains; by grains

यथाas; just as

शून्यःempty; devoid

यथाas; just as

कूपःwell

चand

निर्जलःwaterless

यथाas; just as

हुतम्an oblation offered

अनग्नौin (a place) without fire; in a fireless (altar)

चand

तथाso; likewise

एवindeed; just

स्यात्would be; should be

निराकृतिःrejection; fruitlessness; being set aside

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

grāma (village)

kūpa (well)

agni (fire, implied by anagnau)

huta (oblation/offering)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes