Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
द्वंद्वम् एति च निर्द्वंद्वस् तासु तास्व् इह योनिषु शीर्षरोगे ऽक्षिरोगे च दन्तशूले गलग्रहे //
Translation
This verse (no. 5) highlights virtue, disciplined practice, and the fruit of merit that leads to well-being.
Word by Word
dvaṃdvamduality/pair of opposites
dvaṃdvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
etigoes to/undergoes
eti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rooti (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
nirdvaṃdvaḥthe non-dual (one free from dualities)
nirdvaṃdvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir-dvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective used substantively ‘one free from duality’
tāsuin those
tāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāsuin each of those
tāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); repetition for distributive sense
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
yoniṣuin wombs/births (species)
yoniṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
śīrṣa-rogein head-disease
śīrṣa-roge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘disease of the head’
akṣi-rogein eye-disease
akṣi-roge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootakṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘disease of the eye’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
danta-śūlein toothache
danta-śūle:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdanta (प्रातिपदिक) + śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘pain of the tooth’
gala-grahein throat-obstruction
gala-grahe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgala (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘seizure/obstruction of the throat’
Speaker
Vasiṣṭha continuing the teaching