Shloka 65

Steya-doṣa-nirūpaṇa (On the Nature and Gravity of Theft) — within the Hayagrīva–Agastya Saṃvāda frame

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियादित्रिवर्णानामासवं पेयमुच्यते / स्त्रीणामपि तृतीयादि पेयं स्याद्ब्राह्मणीं विना

Transliteration

kṣatriyāditrivarṇānāmāsavaṃ peyamucyate / strīṇāmapi tṛtīyādi peyaṃ syādbrāhmaṇīṃ vinā

Translation

کشتریہ وغیرہ تین ورنوں کے لیے آسو (آسَو) کو پینے کے لائق کہا گیا ہے۔ عورتوں کے لیے بھی تیسرے وغیرہ کا مشروب جائز ہے، مگر برہمنی کے لیے نہیں۔

Word by Word

• kṣatriya-ādi-tri-varṇānām: of the three varṇas beginning with Kṣatriya
• kṣatriya-ādi-tri-varṇānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya + ādi + tri + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (kṣatriya-ādi + tri-varṇa)

• āsavam: āsava (fermented liquor)
• āsavam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

• peyam: drinkable / to be drunk
• peyam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: peya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• ucyate: is said / is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), samuccaya/anuvṛtti-artha

• tṛtīya-ādi: (that) beginning from the third (class)
• tṛtīya-ādi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Scope-reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīya + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (tṛtīya + ādi)

• peyam: drinkable
• peyam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: peya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• syāt: should be / may be
• syāt: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• brāhmaṇīm: a brāhmaṇa woman
• brāhmaṇīm: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana

• vinā: without / except
• vinā: Apādāna/Viśeṣaṇa (अपादान/Exclusion marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: Upasarga-nibaddha avyaya; vyatireka-artha (exclusion)