Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
अल्पवाचास् तथा केचिन् महावाचास् तथा परे दृश्यन्ते पुरुषा देव ततो व्याख्यातुम् अर्हसि //
Translation
This entry provides only the number “45” and no Sanskrit text; therefore a meaningful translation cannot be given.
Word by Word
alpavācāḥof little speech, taciturn
alpavācāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootalpa + vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘पुरुषाः’ इति
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक (adverb: ‘thus/so/likewise’)
kecitsome (people)
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
mahāvācāḥof great speech, talkative/eloquent
mahāvācāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā + vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘पुरुषाः’ इति
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक (adverb)
pareothers
pare:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘others’ (substantivized adjective)
dṛśyanteare seen
dṛśyante:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘are seen’
puruṣāḥmen, persons
puruṣāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
devaO god
deva:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
tataḥtherefore
tataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—कारण/अनन्तर (adverb: ‘therefore/then’)
vyākhyātumto explain
vyākhyātum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootvy-ā-khyā (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to explain’
arhasiyou ought (to)
arhasi:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Umā concluding her set of questions to Śiva