Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
चतुर्थाष्टमकालं च षष्ठकालिकम् एव च षड्रात्रभोजनश् चैव तथा चाष्टाहभोजनः //
Translation
Verse 16 of chapter 242 sets forth an ancient teaching that leads toward peace and virtue.
Word by Word
caturtha-aṣṭama-kālamthe fourth and the eighth time/period
caturtha-aṣṭama-kālam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमसंख्या) + aṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमसंख्या) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc. 2nd), Ekavacana; द्वन्द्वः (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व): caturthaś ca aṣṭamaś ca (kālaḥ)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
ṣaṣṭha-kālikam(practice) of the sixth-time period
ṣaṣṭha-kālikam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक/क्रमसंख्या) + kālika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (Acc. 2nd), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: ṣaṣṭhe kāle bhavam (pertaining to the sixth time)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
ṣaḍ-rātra-bhojanaḥone who eats after six nights / at six-night intervals
ṣaḍ-rātra-bhojanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: ṣaḍrātre (ṣaḍrātrāṇām ante/antare) bhojanam yasya (as a nominal ‘bhojanaḥ’)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
aṣṭa-aha-bhojanaḥone who eats after eight days / at eight-day intervals
aṣṭa-aha-bhojanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + ahan/aha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: aṣṭāhe (aṣṭa ahāni) bhojanam yasya
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt.