Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties : Chapter 1(Continued)
पठन् द्विजो वाक् ऋषभत्वम् ईयात् |
स्यात् क्षत्रियो भूमि पतित्वम् ईयात् ||
वणिक् जनः पण्य फलत्वम् ईयात् |
जनः च शूद्रो अपि महत्त्वम् ईयात् || १-१-१००
स्यात् क्षत्रियो भूमि पतित्वम् ईयात् ||
वणिक् जनः पण्य फलत्वम् ईयात् |
जनः च शूद्रो अपि महत्त्वम् ईयात् || १-१-१००
100. paThan = he who reads this Ramayana; janaH = that man; dvijaH syaat = a Brahman, if he were to be; he will be; vaak R^ishhabhatvam iiyaat = in speech, bullishness [shrewdness, excellency] obtains; kshatriyaH [syaat] = Kshatriya, [if he were to be]; bhuumi patitvam iiyaat = on land, lordship, he obtains; vaNik janaH = Vyasya, person [if he were to be]; paNya phalatvam iiyaat = by sale items, monetary-gains, he accrues; shuudraH api ca = Shudra, even, also, [if he were to be]; mahatvam iiyaat = [personal] excellence, he acquires.
"A man reading this Ramayana happens to be a Brahman, one from teaching-class, he obtains excellency in his speech, and should he be Kshatriya person from ruling-class, he obtains land-lordship, and should he be Vyshya person from trading-class, he accrues monetary-gains, and should he be a Shudra person from working class, he acquires his personal excellence..." Thus Sage Narada gave a gist of Ramayana to Sage-poet Valmiki. [1-1-100]
No comments:
Post a Comment