Shloka 21
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
Devanagari script
यद्यप्याचरित: कैश्रिन्नैष धर्म: सनातन: । अन्येषामपि दृश्यन्ते लोकत: सम्प्रवृत्तय:,यद्यपि कुछ पुरुषोंने ऐसा आचरण किया है; परंतु यह सनातन धर्म नहीं है। दूसरे लोगोंमें भी लोकाचारवश बहुत-सी प्रवृत्तियाँ देखी जाती हैं
Transliteration
yady apy ācaritaḥ kaiścin naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | anyeṣām api dṛśyante lokataḥ sampravṛttayaḥ ||
Translation
اگرچہ بعض لوگوں نے ایسا طرزِ عمل اختیار کیا ہو، مگر یہ سناتن دھرم نہیں۔ دوسروں میں بھی محض دنیاوی رواج اور سماجی دستور کے سبب بہت سے طریقۂ عمل دیکھے جاتے ہیں۔
Word by Word
यद्यपिalthough
यद्यपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् + अपि
Formconcessive particle
आचरितःpractised / performed
आचरितः:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चर्
Formpast passive participle; masculine nominative singular
कैःby whom / by some (persons)
कैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine instrumental plural
चित्indeed / some / any (emphatic-indefinite)
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
Formenclitic particle
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
Formnegation
एषःthis
एषः:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine nominative singular
धर्मःdharma / righteous law
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formmasculine nominative singular
सनातनःeternal / ancient
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
Formmasculine nominative singular (agreeing with धर्मः)
अन्येषाम्of others
अन्येषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootअन्य
Formmasculine/neuter genitive plural
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Formparticle
दृश्यन्तेare seen / are observed
दृश्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formpresent tense, passive; 3rd person plural
लोकतःfrom the world / due to common practice
लोकतः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine ablative singular (used adverbially)
सम्प्रवृत्तयःpractices / tendencies / courses of conduct
सम्प्रवृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसम्प्रवृत्ति
Formfeminine nominative plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes