Shloka 52

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भाव्यं च विदुषा सदा धर्मतो धनमाहार्यं यष्टव्यं चापि शक्तितः

Transliteration

adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhāvyaṃ ca viduṣā sadā dharmato dhanamāhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyaṃ cāpi śaktitaḥ

Translation

திரயி (மூன்று வேதங்கள்) தினமும் படிக்கப்பட வேண்டும்; அறிஞன் எப்போதும் மனனம்-சிந்தனையை வளர்க்க வேண்டும். தர்ம வழியில் செல்வம் ஈட்ட வேண்டும்; ஆற்றலுக்கு ஏற்ப யாகம் செய்ய வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• adhyetavyā: should be studied
• adhyetavyā: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-√i (धातु) + adhyetavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय; कर्तृ-लोपे कर्मणि प्रयोगः (to be studied)

• trayī: the Vedic triad (three Vedas)
• trayī: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• bhāvyam: should be cultivated/practised
• bhāvyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + bhāvya (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्/तव्यत्-अर्थे (fit to be/should be), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• viduṣā: by the learned (person)
• viduṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidvas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.), कर्तृवाचक (by the learned man)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• dharmataḥ: righteously/according to dharma
• dharmataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), अर्थः: धर्मेण/धर्मात् (according to/from dharma)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• āhāryam: should be acquired
• āhāryam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√hṛ (धातु) + āhārya (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्/तव्यत्-अर्थे (to be procured), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय

• yaṣṭavyam: should be sacrificed/worshipped
• yaṣṭavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yaj (धातु) + yaṣṭavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.), विधेय

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि = also/even (particle)

• śaktitaḥ: according to one’s capacity
• śaktitaḥ: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), अर्थः: शक्त्यानुसारम् (according to ability)

Speakers

• Not specified in input (commonly Purāṇic instruction within Pulastya → Nārada frame)

Key Themes

• Veda (trayī) study
• Dharma-based livelihood
• Yajña/ritual performance
• Ethical discipline

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A balanced dharmic life integrates knowledge (Veda-study), inner cultivation (bhāvanā/reflection), righteous means of wealth, and worship/ritual proportional to one’s means—avoiding both neglect and pretension.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Falls under Purāṇic dharma-upadeśa (normative teaching). While Pancalakṣaṇa focuses on cosmology and lineages, Purāṇas routinely embed such ācāra passages as practical application of dharma sustaining society.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Trayī + dharmārtha + yajña’ forms a triad of head–hands–heart: right understanding, right livelihood, and right offering—suggesting harmony of knowledge, action, and consecration.