Shloka 160

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

Devanagari script

देवब्राह्मणविद्वेष्टा गुरूणां वाप्यपूजकः / रत्नं दूषयते यस्तु कृमिभक्षे प्रपद्यते

Transliteration

devabrāhmaṇavidveṣṭā gurūṇāṃ vāpyapūjakaḥ / ratnaṃ dūṣayate yastu kṛmibhakṣe prapadyate

Translation

He who hates the Devas and the Brahmanas, fails to honor the gurus, and defiles a jewel, falls into the hell called Kṛmibhakṣa.

Word by Word

• deva-brāhmaṇa-vidveṣṭā: hater of gods and Brahmins
• deva-brāhmaṇa-vidveṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + brāhmaṇa + vidveṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; upapada-tatpuruṣa: devān brāhmaṇān ca vidveṣṭi iti (hater of gods and Brahmins)

• gurūṇām: of teachers
• gurūṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात) = or

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) = also/even

• apūjakaḥ: one who does not honor (disrespecter)
• apūjakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a + pūjaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; negative prefix a-

• ratnam: jewel
• ratnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• dūṣayate: defiles/spoils
• dūṣayate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dūṣ (धातु)
• Form: Lat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Ātmanepada

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• kṛmi-bhakṣe: in Kṛmibhakṣa (hell)
• kṛmi-bhakṣe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛmi + bhakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; tatpuruṣa: kṛmīṇāṃ bhakṣaḥ (worm-eating/food of worms) used as naraka-name

• prapadyate: goes to/attains
• prapadyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-pad (धातु)
• Form: Lat-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular; Ātmanepada