Chapter 14
न यष्टव्यं न दातव्यं न होतव्यं द्विजा: क्वचित् । इति न्यवारयद्धर्मं भेरीघोषेण सर्वश: ॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration
na yaṣṭavyaṁ na dātavyaṁ na hotavyaṁ dvijāḥ kvacit iti nyavārayad dharmaṁ bherī-ghoṣeṇa sarvaśaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
na — not; yaṣṭavyam — any sacrifices can be performed; na — not; dātavyam — any charity can be given; na — not; hotavyam — any clarified butter can be offered; dvijāḥ — O twice-born; kvacit — at any time; iti — thus; nyavārayat — he stopped; dharmam — the procedures of religious principles; bherī — of kettledrums; ghoṣeṇa — with the sound; sarvaśaḥ — everywhere.
Translation
“All the twice-born [brāhmaṇas] were forbidden henceforward to perform any sacrifice, and they were also forbidden to give charity or offer clarified butter. Thus King Vena sounded kettledrums throughout the countryside. In other words, he stopped all kinds of religious rituals.”