Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शुभानाम् अशुभानां च कर्मणां फलसंचये निराकाङ्क्षाश् च ये देवि ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः //

Translation

Verse (36) urges reverence for the Divine and the practice of Dharma with a pure heart, so that peace may be attained.

Word by Word

• śubhānām: of good (deeds)
• śubhānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter) (or Puṃliṅga in sense), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana; qualifying karmaṇām

• aśubhānām: of bad (deeds)
• aśubhānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसaka (or Puṃ) , Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; qualifying karmaṇām

• ca: and
• ca: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• karmaṇām: of actions/deeds
• karmaṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• phala: fruit, result
• phala: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसaka; samāsa-aṅga (compound member)

• saṃcaye: in the accumulation
• saṃcaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana; phala-saṃcaye = in the accumulation of results (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa)

• nirākāṅkṣāḥ: without expectation
• nirākāṅkṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-ākāṅkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; nairākāṅkṣya (free from expectation)

• ca: and
• ca: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• svargagāminaḥ: heaven-going
• svargagāminaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga + gāmin (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (धातु) + -in)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

Speaker

• Maheśvara to Devī