Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत्रासौ निरयं प्राप्तो वर्णभ्रष्टो बहिष्कृतः ब्रह्मलोकात् परिभ्रष्टः शूद्रयोनौ प्रजायते //

Translation

Der Vers (18) erinnert: dem Dharma zu folgen bringt gute Früchte und schützt vor Üblem.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• asau: that person
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• nirayam: hell
• nirayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāptaḥ: having reached
• prāptaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√āp (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• varṇa-bhraṣṭaḥ: fallen from his varṇa
• varṇa-bhraṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhraṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bahiṣkṛtaḥ: excluded/outcast
• bahiṣkṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahis + √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); causative/denominative sense ‘excluded’

• brahma-lokāt: from Brahma-loka
• brahma-lokāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• paribhraṣṭaḥ: fallen down
• paribhraṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari√bhraṃś (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• śūdra-yonau: in a Shudra womb/lineage
• śūdra-yonau: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• prajāyate: is born
• prajāyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√jan (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

• Same didactic speaker