Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
पापोपेतान् वर्जयन्ति देवद्विजपराः सदा समुत्थानम् अनुप्राप्तास् ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः //
Translation
هذه الآية (37) تمدح فضل سماع الكلمة المقدّسة وحفظها، إذ تزيل الجهل وتزيد الحكمة.
Word by Word
pāpasin
pāpa:
—
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसaka; samāsa-aṅga (compound member)
upetānsinful / accompanied by sin
upetān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootupeta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; upa-√i (धातु) + kta)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana; pāpa-upetān = those accompanied by sin
varjayantiavoid, shun
varjayanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛj/varj (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada
devagod
deva:
—
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga; samāsa-aṅga
dvijatwice-born (brahmin etc.)
dvija:
—
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga; samāsa-aṅga
parāḥdevoted to
parāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; deva-dvija-parāḥ = devoted to gods and twice-born (dvandva in object domain)
sadāalways
sadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; kāla-avyaya (adverb of time)
samutthānameffort, exertion, enterprise
samutthānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsamutthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; object of anuprāptāḥ (having attained)
anuprāptāḥhaving attained
anuprāptāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanu-√prāp (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; past passive participle used adjectivally: having attained
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
narāḥmen
narāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
svargagāminaḥheaven-going
svargagāminaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvarga + gāmin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (धातु) + -in)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
Speaker
Maheśvara to Devī (continuation)