Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
शूद्राणां चान्नकामानां नित्यं सिद्धम् इति ब्रुवन् स्वार्थाद् वा यदि वा कामान् न किंचिद् उपलक्षयेत् //
Translation
Wer den Lehrer ehrt und die Disziplin wahrt, erlangt Weisheit und göttlichen Schutz.
Word by Word
śūdrāṇāmof Śūdras
śūdrāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya (conjunction/समुच्चय)
anna-kāmānāmof those desiring food
anna-kāmānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa (desirous of food)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
FormKriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial accusative)
siddhamready, prepared
siddham:
Karma (कर्म/Predicative content)
TypeAdjective
Rootsiddha (कृदन्त; √sidh/सिध् + क्त)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana; used predicatively with iti (as ‘ready/available’)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति)
bruvansaying
bruvan:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (ब्रू)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta (present participle/शतृ), Puṃliṅga Prathamā Ekavacana
svārthātfrom self-interest
svārthāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source; reason)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī (Ablative/पञ्चमी) Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (from one’s own interest)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormVikalpa (disjunctive particle/विकल्प)
yadiif
yadi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
FormŚart-avyaya (conditional particle/शर्त)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Disjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormVikalpa particle
kāmāndesires
kāmān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā Bahuvacana
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha particle
kiṃcitanything
kiṃcit:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā Ekavacana; indefinite pronoun (something/anything)
upalakṣayetshould indicate/notice/mark
upalakṣayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√lakṣ (उप + लक्ष्)
FormLiṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa Ekavacana, Parasmaipada
Speaker
Contextual didactic narration (speaker not specified in supplied excerpt)