Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

विशुद्धः स द्विजातिभ्यो विज्ञेय इति मे मतिः न योनिर् नापि संस्कारो न श्रुतिर् न च संततिः //

Translation

Vers (56) setzt die Erklärung der Dharma-Grundsätze und der Weltordnung nach alter Sichtweise fort.

Word by Word

• viśuddhaḥ: pure
• viśuddhaḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधान-विशेषण/predicative adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; adjective ‘pure’

• saḥ: he/that person
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun

• dvijātibhyaḥ: than the twice-born castes
• dvijātibhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/ablative of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine/स्त्रीलिङ्ग) or Puṃliṅga usage; Pañcamī vibhakti (ablative/पञ्चमी), Bahuvacana (plural/बहुवचन)

• vijñeyaḥ: to be known (as)
• vijñeyaḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijñeya (कृदन्त; √jñā ज्ञा with vi-)
• Form: Kṛtya (gerundive/कृत्य) in -ya; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘to be known/recognized’

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; enclitic form ‘me’

• matiḥ: opinion/view
• matiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle (niṣedha/निषेध)

• yoniḥ: birth/lineage
• yoniḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle ‘also/even’ (here with negation: ‘even/also’)

• saṃskāraḥ: rite/initiatory purification
• saṃskāraḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• śrutiḥ: Vedic learning/hearing (śruti)
• śrutiḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (here in negative coordination)

• saṃtatiḥ: progeny/line of descent
• saṃtatiḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

Speaker

• Didactic speaker continuing instruction to Devī (implied by surrounding address).