Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

प्रक्षीणाखिलशौचश् च विहाराहारसंस्पृहः हास्यः परिजनस्यापि निर्विण्णाशेषबान्धवः //

Translation

Verse (34) concludes that one who reveres Dharma and studies the Purāṇa attains well-being and protection.

Word by Word

• prakṣīṇa-akhila-śaucaḥ: whose cleanliness is entirely exhausted
• prakṣīṇa-akhila-śaucaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakṣīṇa (कृदन्त; √kṣi (धातु) with pra-; क्त) + akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमास (one whose all cleanliness has diminished)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vihāra-āhāra-saṃspṛhaḥ: craving recreation and food
• vihāra-āhāra-saṃspṛhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihāra (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃspṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (vihāre āhāre ca saṃspṛhā yasya / or ‘desirous of recreation and food’)

• hāsyaḥ: ridiculous; laughable
• hāsyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• parijanasya: of the attendants/household
• parijanasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parijana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• nirviṇṇa-aśeṣa-bāndhavaḥ: one whose relatives are all weary/indifferent (towards him)
• nirviṇṇa-aśeṣa-bāndhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirviṇṇa (कृदन्त; √vid/√vind (धातु) with nir-; क्त/क्तवत् sense ‘disgusted/indifferent’) + aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमास (one whose all relatives are indifferent/disgusted)

Speaker

• Unnamed Purāṇic narrator/teacher addressing a listener.