Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
निरुच्छ्वासः सचैतन्यः स्मरञ् जन्मशतान्य् अथ आस्ते गर्भे ऽतिदुःखेन निजकर्मनिबन्धनः //
Translation
(Verse 234.13) This is verse 13 of the chapter; without the Sanskrit original, a scripture-faithful rendering cannot be provided.
Word by Word
nir-ucchvāsaḥwithout breath
nir-ucchvāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir (उपसर्ग) + ucchvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; विशेषण
sa-caitanyaḥyet conscious
sa-caitanyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (प्रातिपदिक ‘with’) + caitanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; विशेषण
smaranremembering
smaran:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Root√smṛ (स्मृ) (धातु), śatṛ present participle (कृदन्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; वर्तमानकृदन्त (active present participle)
janma-śatānihundreds of births
janma-śatāni:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana; स्मरणस्य कर्म (object of remembering)
athathen/and
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थ)
āsteremains/sits
āste:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√ās (आस्) (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; ātmanepada
garbhein the womb
garbhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana
ati-duḥkhenawith extreme suffering
ati-duḥkhena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrumental)
TypeNoun
Rootati (अव्यय) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; हेतु/साधनभाव (instrumental of manner/cause)
nija-karma-nibandhanaḥbound by his own actions (karma)
nija-karma-nibandhanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnija (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + nibandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; विशेषण (predicate attribute)
Speaker
Narratorial instruction (speaker not identified in excerpt)