Shloka 22
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
Devanagari script
एवं हि वैश्यशूद्राणां क्षत्रियाणां तथैव च । ये ब्राह्मणान् प्रद्धिषन्ति ते भवन्तीह राक्षसा:,“स्त्रियाँ अपने योनिदोषजनित पाप (व्यभिचार)-से राक्षसी हो जाती हैं। इसी प्रकार क्षत्रिय, वैश्य और शूद्वरोंमेंसे जो लोग ब्राह्मणोंसे द्वेष करते हैं, वे भी इस जगत्में राक्षस होते हैं
Transliteration
evaṃ hi vaiśyaśūdrāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | ye brāhmaṇān praddhiṣanti te bhavantīha rākṣasāḥ ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “So it is indeed: among Vaiśyas and Śūdras, and likewise among Kṣatriyas, those who bear malice toward Brāhmaṇas become, here in this very world, ‘rākṣasas’—people of cruel and destructive disposition.”
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
वैश्यशूद्राणाम्of Vaishyas and Shudras
वैश्यशूद्राणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्यशूद्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
क्षत्रियाणाम्of Kshatriyas
क्षत्रियाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तथाlikewise, similarly
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवjust, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्राह्मणान्Brahmins
ब्राह्मणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रद्विषन्तिhate, bear enmity toward
प्रद्विषन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष्
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भवन्तिbecome, are
भवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
राक्षसाःrakshasas (demons)
राक्षसाः:
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
BrāhmaṇasK
KṣatriyasV
VaiśyasŚ
ŚūdrasR
RākṣasasVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes