Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
लोभमोहतृणच्छन्नां कामक्रोधसरीसृपाम् सत्यतीर्थानृतक्षोभां क्रोधपङ्कां सरिद्वराम् //
Translation
يُثبَت هذا البيت (الفصل 238، البيت 27) كإشارةٍ رقمية فحسب، إذ لم يُورَد النصّ السنسكريتي الأصلي.
Word by Word
lobha-moha-tṛṇa-channāmcovered with the grass of greed and delusion
lobha-moha-tṛṇa-channām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootlobha (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक) + tṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + channa (छन्न, कृदन्त; √chad छद्)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः; विशेषणम्
kāma-krodha-sarīsṛpāmhaving desire and anger as its creeping reptiles
kāma-krodha-sarīsṛpām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + sarīsṛpa (सरीसृप, प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषसमासः; विशेषणम्
satya-tīrtha-anṛta-kṣobhāmwith truth as its ford and falsehood as its turbulence
satya-tīrtha-anṛta-kṣobhām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsatya (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + anṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣobha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषसमासः; विशेषणम्
krodha-paṅkāmhaving anger as its mire
krodha-paṅkām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrodha (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅka (पङ्क, प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषसमासः; विशेषणम्
sarid-varāmthe excellent river
sarid-varām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarid (सरित्, प्रातिपदिक) + vara (वर, प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; कर्मधारयसमासः (श्रेष्ठा सरित्); कर्मपदम्
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/sage continuing the saṃsāra-river allegory