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Shloka 11

Cāturāśramya-dharma—Marks of the Four Āśramas (चातुराश्रम्यधर्मः)

यो विकर्मस्थितो विप्रो न स सम्मानमहति । कर्म स्वं नोपयुञ्जानमविश्वास्यं हि तं विदु:

yo vikarmasthito vipro na sa sammānam arhati | karma svaṃ nopayuñjānam aviśvāsyaṃ hi taṃ viduḥ ||

Indra nói: “Bà-la-môn nào trú trong hành vi sai trái (vikarma) thì không xứng đáng được tôn kính. Quả vậy, kẻ không thực hành bổn phận đã được quy định cho chính mình bị xem là không đáng tin.”

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विकर्म-स्थितःone situated in wrongful action
विकर्म-स्थितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविकर्म-स्थित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विप्रःa brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सम्मानम्honour, respect
सम्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसम्मान
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अर्हतिdeserves
अर्हति:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
कर्मduty, prescribed action
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्वम्one's own
स्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उपयुञ्जानम्practising, employing (i.e., performing)
उपयुञ्जानम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootउप-युज्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular, Active, Present
अविश्वास्यम्not to be trusted, untrustworthy
अविश्वास्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-विश्वास्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विदुःthey know/consider
विदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

इन्द्र उवाच

I
Indra
V
vipra (Brahmin)

Educational Q&A

Honor is tied to dharmic conduct: a Brahmin who engages in prohibited actions (vikarma) and neglects his own prescribed duties forfeits social esteem and is deemed unreliable.

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Indra articulates a moral judgment about Brahmin behavior, emphasizing that status and respect depend on adherence to one’s proper duties rather than mere birth or title.