Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
अपरे च महाभाग्या मन्दभाग्यास् तथा परे अकुलीनाः कुलीनाश् च संभवन्ति तथा परे //
Translation
Verse 224.42 of the Brahma Purana requires the Sanskrit original to be translated accurately in a sacred, encyclopedic register.
Word by Word
apareothers
apare:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘others’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय), ‘and’
mahā-bhāgyāḥvery fortunate
mahā-bhāgyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; कर्मधारय: mahad bhāgyam yeṣām
manda-bhāgyāḥof little fortune / unfortunate
manda-bhāgyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanda (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय), ‘thus/so/likewise’
pareothers
pare:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘others’
akulīnāḥnot well-born / ignoble
akulīnāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Roota- + kulīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; privative a-
kulīnāḥwell-born / noble
kulīnāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootkulīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
saṃbhavantiarise/come into being
saṃbhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū + sam- (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural (बहुवचन)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
pareothers
pare:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
Speaker
Umā continuing her inquiry to Śiva