Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
जन्ममृत्युविधानेन तथा विशसनेन च शुभाशुभभयं सर्वम् एतद् आहुः सनातनम् //
Translation
Verse (242.28) is referenced in the Purana, but the Sanskrit original is not provided here.
Word by Word
janma-mṛtyu-vidhānenaby the ordinance of birth and death
janma-mṛtyu-vidhānena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (janma-mṛtyoḥ vidhānam)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
viśasanenaby slaughter/killing
viśasanena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootviśasana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
śubha-aśubha-bhayamfear of the auspicious and the inauspicious
śubha-aśubha-bhayam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (śubhāśubhayor bhayam)
sarvamall
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; adjective qualifying etad
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun
āhuḥthey have said / call
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sanātanameternal
sanātanam:
Karma-pravacanīya/Predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; predicate adjective to etat
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt (didactic narration continuing).