Shloka 3

कामबन्धन-निवृत्ति तथा शान्तिलक्षण-उपदेशः | Release from Desire-Bondage and the Marks of Peace

Devanagari script

अश्वस्तनो5थ कापोतीम॒श्रितोवृत्तिमाहरेत्‌ । तेषां पर: परो ज्यायान्‌ धर्मतो धर्मजित्तम:

Transliteration

aśvastano ’tha kāpotīm āśrito vṛttim āharet | teṣāṃ paraḥ paro jyāyān dharmato dharmajittamaḥ ||

Translation

แล้วพึงดำรงชีพด้วย “วิถีแห่งนกพิราบ” คือการยังชีพอย่างไม่เบียดเบียนและไม่ใช้ความรุนแรง ในบรรดาวิถีเหล่านั้น วิถีที่ตามมาถือว่าสูงส่งกว่าวิถีก่อนเสมอ; และผู้ประเสริฐที่สุดคือผู้ที่ชนะในธรรมด้วยธรรม—ผู้มีชัยในความชอบธรรมอย่างยิ่ง

Word by Word

• अश्वस्तनः: Ashvastana (a person’s name)
• अश्वस्तनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वस्तन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कापोतीम्: the pigeon (female)/Kapoti (pigeon-story)
• कापोतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापोती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आश्रितः: having resorted to/depending on
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृत्तिम्: livelihood/means of subsistence
• वृत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आहरेत्: should bring/should procure
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• परः: the other/superior
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परः: the other (one)
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्यायान्: greater/superior
• ज्यायान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्यायस्
• Form: Comparative, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मतः: according to dharma/from the standpoint of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• धर्मजित्: one who conquers by dharma / dharma-conqueror
• धर्मजित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मजित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तमः: him
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• kāpotī-vṛtti (pigeon-like livelihood)