Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मृगपक्षिमनुष्याद्यैः पिशाचोरगराक्षसैः सरीसृपाद्यैश् च नृणां जन्यते चाधिभौतिकः //

Translation

This is the sacred verse numbered 7 in the Brahma Purana (Adi Purana), suitable for devotional recitation and scholarly inquiry.

Word by Word

• mṛga: by beasts/deer etc.
• mṛga: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• pakṣi: by birds
• pakṣi: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• manuṣya: by humans
• manuṣya: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• ādyaiḥ: and others (etc.)
• ādyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — 'etc.' qualifying the preceding list

• piśāca: by piśācas (ghouls)
• piśāca: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• uraga: by serpents
• uraga: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uraga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• rākṣasa: by rākṣasas (demons)
• rākṣasa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• sarīsṛpa: by reptiles/creeping creatures
• sarīsṛpa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarīsṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — compound-member

• ādyaiḥ: and others
• ādyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural — 'etc.'

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• janyate: is generated/arises
• janyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); Passive sense 'is produced'

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle

• adhibhautikaḥ: physical/external (from beings)
• adhibhautikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhibhautika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular — predicate adjective of (tāpaḥ) understood

Speaker

• Vyāsa (implied).