Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 48
Rāja-prabodhana and Prātaḥ-kṛtya
Awakening of the King and Morning Observances
Devanagari script
श्रिया विकुर्वन्पुरुषकृत्यचिन्त्ये विचेतनः / तन्मतानुप्रवृत्तिश्च राजा सद्यो विषीदति
Transliteration
śriyā vikurvanpuruṣakṛtyacintye vicetanaḥ / tanmatānupravṛttiśca rājā sadyo viṣīdati
Translation
Warped by prosperity, the unthinking king who does not reflect on human duty, and who follows their counsel, falls at once into sorrow.
Word by Word
śriyāby prosperity; by fortune
śriyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
vikurvanacting wrongly; behaving perversely
vikurvan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-kṛ (धातु) → vikurvat (कृदन्त, शतृ)
Formवर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present participle, परस्मैपद-शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
puruṣa-kṛtya-cintyein matters to be considered as a man’s duty
puruṣa-kṛtya-cintye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + cintya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पुरुषकृत्ये चिन्त्ये = ‘in what should be considered as manly duty’)
vicetanaḥsenseless; undiscerning
vicetanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-cetana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
tat-mata-anupravṛttiḥfollowing that opinion
tat-mata-anupravṛttiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + mata (प्रातिपदिक) + anupravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य मतस्य अनुप्रवृत्तिः = ‘following his opinion’)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
rājāthe king
rājā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
sadyaḥimmediately
sadyaḥ:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadyaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘immediately’
viṣīdatisinks; becomes despondent
viṣīdati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ṣad (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन