Shloka 21

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

एक दिन लिखित शंखके आश्रमपर आये। दैवेच्छासे शंख भी उसी समय आश्रमसे बाहर निकल गये थे ।। सो5भिगम्याश्रमं भ्रातु: शंखस्य लिखितस्तदा । फलानि पातयामास सम्यक्परिणतान्युत

Transliteration

so’bhigamyāśramaṁ bhrātuḥ śaṅkhasya likhitastadā | phalāni pātayāmāsa samyak-pariṇatāny uta ||

Translation

Вьяса сказал: «Тогда Ликхита направился в ашрам своего брата Шанкхи. В то самое время, по воле судьбы, Шанкха вышел из обители. И Ликхита заставил упасть (с деревьев) плоды, уже вполне созревшие».

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शंखस्य: of Śaṅkha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लिखितः: Likhita (proper name)
• लिखितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिखित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पातयामास: caused to fall; knocked down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (causative: पातयति)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• सम्यक्: properly, fully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• परिणतानि: ripened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिणत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उत: and; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Likhita
• Śaṅkha
• āśrama (hermitage)
• phalāni (fruits)