Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 71

Devanagari script

कदाचिल् लभते प्रीतिं कदाचिद् अपि शोचति न सुखेन च दुःखेन कदाचिद् इह मुह्यते //

Translation

Dieser Śloka (71) ist im Purāṇa verzeichnet, um den Sinn des Dharma und die heilige Überlieferung darzulegen.

Word by Word

• kadācit: sometimes
• kadācit: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), indeclinable; ‘at some time/occasionally’

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana (singular)

• prītim: joy, affection
• prītim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Eka-vacana (singular)

• kadācit: sometimes
• kadācit: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), indeclinable

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), indeclinable; emphatic/also

• śocati: grieves
• śocati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śuc/śoc (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana (singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• sukhena: by/with happiness
• sukhena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga (neuter), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Eka-vacana (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय), indeclinable

• duḥkhena: by/with sorrow
• duḥkhena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga (neuter), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Eka-vacana (singular)

• kadācit: sometimes
• kadācit: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), indeclinable

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय), indeclinable; ‘here/in this world’

• muhyate: is deluded/confused
• muhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana (singular)

Speaker

• Not specified in the excerpt (didactic narration)