Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा हि महद्भूतमस्मिललोके परत्र च । भस्म कुर्युर्जगदिदं क्रुद्धा: प्रत्यक्षदर्शिन:

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā hi mahadbhūtam asmin loke paratra ca | bhasma kuryur jagad idaṁ kruddhāḥ pratyakṣadarśinaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايُو-ديفا: «إنّ البراهمة يُعَدّون قوةً عظيمةً في هذا العالم وفي العالم الآخر. إنهم رُؤاةٌ يدركون إدراكًا مباشرًا؛ فإذا اشتعل غضبهم استطاعوا أن يُحيلوا هذا العالم كلَّه رمادًا».

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• महत्: a great (thing)
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूतम्: being/entity
• भूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• लोके: world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परत्र: in the other world/thereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भस्म: to ashes
• भस्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्/भस्म
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्युः: could make/would reduce
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रुद्धाः: angered
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः: direct-seeing; those who see directly
• प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्षदर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇas)
• जगत् (the world)