Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
क्रियां क्रियापथे रक्तस् त्रिगुणस् त्रिगुणाधिपः क्रियाक्रियापथोपेतस् तथा तद् इति मन्यते //
Translation
Verse (242.32) falls within the Purana’s context, but the Sanskrit original is not available here.
Word by Word
kriyāmaction
kriyām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
kriyā-pathein the path of action
kriyā-pathe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootkriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + patha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (kriyāyāḥ pathaḥ)
raktaḥattached / devoted
raktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootrakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective
triguṇaḥconsisting of three guṇas
triguṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; द्विगुसमासः (three-guṇa)
triguṇa-adhipaḥlord of the three guṇas
triguṇa-adhipaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-apposition)
TypeNoun
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (triguṇānām adhipaḥ)
kriyā-kriyā-patha-upetaḥendowed with (the course of) action and activity
kriyā-kriyā-patha-upetaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootkriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + patha (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (kriyā-kriyāpathe upetaḥ = endowed with the path of action and counter-action/activities)
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used as object of manyate
itithus (quoting)
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle (इत्यर्थक)
manyatethinks/considers
manyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada
Speaker
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