Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 9
Devanagari script
कर्म त्व् एके प्रशंसन्ति स्वल्पबुद्धिरता नराः तेन ते देहजालेन रमयन्त उपासते //
Translation
Verse 237.9 is noted only as item 9 in the Sanskrit source, but the original śloka text is not included, so it cannot be faithfully translated.
Word by Word
karmakarma/action
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative particle (विरोध/विशेषार्थक)
ekesome (people)
eke:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
praśaṃsantipraise
praśaṃsanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√śaṃs (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
svalpa-buddhi-ratāḥattached to little understanding
svalpa-buddhi-ratāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (svalpā buddhiḥ yāsām/yeṣām; buddhyā ratāḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘narāḥ’
narāḥmen/people
narāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tenathereby/therefore
tena:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental used adverbially (तेन); ‘thereby/therefore’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
deha-jālenaby the net/snare of the body
deha-jālena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeha (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘dehasya jālam’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ramayantaḥcausing (themselves/others) to delight; indulging
ramayantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√ram (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त) of causative (णिजन्त) ‘ramayati’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ‘te’
upāsateworship/serve
upāsate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√ās (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt.