Brahma Purana — Khaḍga Tīrtha: The Knowledge-Sword that Cuts Anger, Craving, and Doubt, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
तृष्णा बहुविधा माया बन्धनी पापकारिणी छित्त्वैतां ज्ञानखड्गेन सुखं तिष्ठति मानवः //
Translation
This verse (Verse 14) presents the continuity of sacred utterance in the Purana, set forth with proper religious decorum.
Word by Word
tṛṣṇācraving/desire
tṛṣṇā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
bahu-vidhāof many kinds
bahu-vidhā:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with tṛṣṇā/māyā
māyāillusion
māyā:
Pratipādya (प्रातिपाद्य/Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
bandhanībinding/ensnaring
bandhanī:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbandhanī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘binding’
pāpa-kāriṇīsin-causing
pāpa-kāriṇī:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘doer/producer of sin’
chittvāhaving cut off
chittvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√chid (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), ‘having cut’
etāmthis (craving/illusion)
etām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); refers to tṛṣṇā/māyā
jñāna-khaḍgenawith the sword of knowledge
jñāna-khaḍgena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
sukhamhappily/at ease
sukham:
Prakara (प्रकार)
TypeNoun
Rootsukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial use ‘happily/at ease’
tiṣṭhatistands/abides
tiṣṭhati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
mānavaḥa man/human
mānavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Pailūṣa teaching (mokṣa-giving gāthā)