Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
निर्दयः सर्वभूतेभ्यो नित्यम् उद्वेगकारकः अपि कीटपतंगानाम् अशरण्यः सुनिर्घृणः //
Translation
This entry provides only the number “48” and no Sanskrit text; therefore a meaningful translation cannot be given.
Word by Word
nirdayaḥmerciless
nirdayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—(नरः)
sarva-bhūtebhyaḥtowards/from all beings
sarva-bhūtebhyaḥ:
Apadana (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘from/with respect to all beings’)
nityamconstantly
nityam:
Kala (काल/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)
udvega-kārakaḥcausing distress/agitation
udvega-kārakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootudvega (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘maker of agitation’)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘even/also’)
kīṭa-pataṃgānāmof insects and flying creatures
kīṭa-pataṃgānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootkīṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pataṃga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (‘of insects and birds/flies’)
aśaraṇyaḥnot a refuge, giving no shelter
aśaraṇyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Roota-śaraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—(नरः)
sunirghṛṇaḥutterly cruel
sunirghṛṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu + nirghṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग/उपपद-युक्त विशेषण (‘very pitiless’)
Speaker
Narrator/teacher speaking to Devī (Umā/Parvatī addressed as 'devi')