Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
कामक्रोधभयद्वेषलोभमोहविषादजः शोकासूयावमानेर्ष्यामात्सर्याभिभवस् तथा //
Translation
This is the sacred verse numbered 5 in the Brahma Purana (Adi Purana), to be recited and studied with reverence.
Word by Word
kāmafrom desire
kāma:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन) — compound-member stem in -a
krodhafrom anger
krodha:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootkrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
bhayafrom fear
bhaya:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
dveṣafrom hatred
dveṣa:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdveṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
lobhafrom greed
lobha:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootlobha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
mohafrom delusion
moha:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
viṣādafrom dejection
viṣāda:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
jaḥborn of / arising from
jaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjan (धातु) + a (प्रत्यय) → ja (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormKṛdanta adjective (कृदन्त-विशेषण), formed with suffix -a (अ प्रत्यय) meaning 'born from'; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
śokafrom sorrow
śoka:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśoka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
asūyāfrom envy/resentment
asūyā:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootasūyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
avamānafrom insult/disrespect
avamāna:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootavamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
īrṣyāfrom jealousy
īrṣyā:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootīrṣyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
mātsaryafrom spite/ill-will
mātsarya:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmātsarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
abhibhavaḥfrom oppression/overpowering
abhibhavaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootabhibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय), particle/adverb (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण)
Speaker
Vyāsa (implied).