Shloka 8

Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa

Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment

Devanagari script

तपो यज्ञस्तथा विद्या भैक्ष्यमिन्द्रियसंयम: । ध्यानमेकान्तशीलव्वं तुष्टिज्ञानं च शक्तित:

Transliteration

tapo yajñas tathā vidyā bhaikṣyam indriya-saṁyamaḥ | dhyānam ekānta-śīlatvaṁ tuṣṭi-jñānaṁ ca śaktitaḥ ||

Translation

تپسیا، یَجْن اور ودیا؛ بھیک پر گزر بسر اور حواس کا ضبط؛ دھیان، خلوت پسندی، اور قناعت کے ساتھ حقیقی فہم—یہ سب اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق اختیار کرنے کے لائق ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also, likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विद्या: knowledge, learning
• विद्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भैक्ष्यम्: alms, mendicancy
• भैक्ष्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्ष्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रियसंयमः: restraint of the senses
• इन्द्रियसंयमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रियसंयम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकान्तशीलत्वम्: habit of solitude, being devoted to seclusion
• एकान्तशीलत्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकान्तशीलत्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तुष्टिः: contentment
• तुष्टिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge, realization
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शक्तितः: according to one's ability
• शक्तितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa