Shloka 13
पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages
Devanagari script
अपरे धनधान्यैश्न भोगैश्व पितृसंचितै:
Transliteration
apare dhanadhānyaiś ca bhogaiś ca pitṛsañcitaiḥ
Translation
“而另一些人，则倚仗祖先所积聚的财帛与粮谷，以及由此而来的享乐度日。”
Word by Word
अपरेothers
अपरे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
धनधान्यैःwith wealth and grain
धनधान्यैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधनधान्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
भोगैःwith enjoyments/pleasures
भोगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभोग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पितृसंचितैःaccumulated by forefathers
पितृसंचितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपितृसंचित
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
व्याध उवाच
Characters & Entities
P
pitaraḥ (ancestors)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts ways of living: some depend on inherited, ancestor-accumulated resources (wealth, grain, pleasures), implicitly raising an ethical reflection on livelihood, responsibility, and the proper use of inherited prosperity within dharma.
The Vyādha continues his instruction by describing different human modes of sustenance and enjoyment, noting that some people live on comforts and provisions passed down from their forefathers, as part of a broader discourse on righteous conduct.