Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
दुर्दर्शाः केचिद् आभान्ति नराः काष्ठमया इव प्रियदर्शास् तथा चान्ये दर्शनाद् एव मानवाः //
Translation
সেয়ে এই কথা দুষ্টচিত্তক ক’ব নালাগে, দিব নালাগে; ভক্ত আৰু শ্ৰদ্ধাৱানকেহে দিব লাগে আৰু শ্ৰৱণ কৰাব লাগে।
Word by Word
dur-darśāḥunpleasant to look at
dur-darśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootdur (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; कर्मधारय: duṣṭaṃ darśanam yeṣām / durdarśanāḥ
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkim + cit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
ābhāntiappear / shine forth
ābhānti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural
narāḥmen
narāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
kāṣṭha-mayāḥmade of wood
kāṣṭha-mayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: kāṣṭhena nirmitāḥ / kāṣṭhasya mayāḥ
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय), ‘like/as’
priya-darśāḥpleasant to see
priya-darśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootpriya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘pleasant-looking’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
anyeothers
anye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
darśanātfrom (mere) seeing / at the sight
darśanāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान/Cause-Source)
TypeNoun
Rootdarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
evaindeed / just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-अव्यय), ‘indeed/just’
mānavāḥpeople/men
mānavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
Speaker
Umā questioning Śiva