Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
अभिमानातिमानानां तथैव सुकृतान्य् अपि एकवासाश् चतुर्वासाः शायी नित्यम् अधस् तथा //
Translation
This verse (no. 8) in the Purāṇa is set forth with reverence, in accordance with the transmitted sacred tradition.
Word by Word
abhimāna-atimānānāmof pride and excessive pride
abhimāna-atimānānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootabhimāna (प्रातिपदिक) + atimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana; द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara)
tathāthus, likewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
evaindeed, just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)
sukṛtānimeritorious deeds
sukṛtāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Accusative (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana; contextually object-like
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Addition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात)
eka-vāsāḥwearing one garment
eka-vāsāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana; विशेषण
catur-vāsāḥwearing four garments
catur-vāsāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana; विशेषण
śāyī(one who is) lying/sleeping
śāyī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootśī (धातु) + ṇin (कृदन्त प्रत्यय) → śāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; वर्तमानकृदन्त (agent noun), ‘one who lies/sleeps’
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण)
adhasbelow, downward
adhas:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (स्थानवाचक)
tathāthus, likewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
Speaker
Vasiṣṭha continuing the teaching