Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अधोमुखस् तैः क्रियते प्रबलैः सूतिमारुतैः क्लेशैर् निष्क्रान्तिम् आप्नोति जठरान् मातुर् आतुरः //

Translation

هذا الموضع لا يورد إلا الرقم «15» دون نصٍّ سنسكريتي، لذا يتعذّر تقديم ترجمة ذات معنى.

Word by Word

• adhomukhaḥ: face-down, head downward
• adhomukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhas + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); avyayībhāva-samāsa: adhas (indecl.) + mukha

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural); pronoun

• kriyate: is done / is made
• kriyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Ātmanepada; karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)

• prabalaiḥ: by strong
• prabalaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural); viśeṣaṇa of sūtimārutaiḥ

• sūti-mārutaiḥ: by the birth-winds (labor winds)
• sūti-mārutaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūti + māruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: sūteḥ mārutāḥ (winds of delivery)

• kleśaiḥ: by pains, afflictions
• kleśaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• niṣkrāntim: exit, coming out
• niṣkrāntim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣkrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• āpnoti: attains, reaches
• āpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• jaṭharāt: from the womb/belly
• jaṭharāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsaka/ Puṃliṅga usage; Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• mātuḥ: of the mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• āturaḥ: distressed, afflicted
• āturaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); used substantively for the child/being

Speaker

• Narratorial instruction (speaker not identified in excerpt)