Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
मण्डूकशायी च तथा वीरासनगतस् तथा वीरम् आसनम् आकाशे तथा शयनम् एव च //
Translation
This verse (no. 9) presents a pure teaching; it should be read and contemplated with a sincere mind.
Word by Word
maṇḍūka-śāyīlying like a frog
maṇḍūka-śāyī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootmaṇḍūka (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक; from śī धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष (upapada) ‘frog-like lying’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
vīra-āsana-gataḥseated in the hero-posture
vīra-āsana-gataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootvīra (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; gam धातु, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘gone to/placed in’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
vīramheroic
vīram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootvīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; विशेषण
āsanamseat, posture
āsanam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana
ākāśein the sky/space
ākāśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
śayanamlying down, sleeping
śayanam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśayana (प्रातिपदिक; from śī धातु, ल्युट्)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Accusative (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; भाववाचक कृदन्त (action noun)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निपात)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt (continuation of an instructional discourse on tapas).