Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 50
प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्
Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence
Devanagari script
वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धो यः शिष्टशास्त्रविरोधकः / एष मार्गो हि निरये तिर्य्यग्योनौ च कारणम्
Transliteration
varṇāśramaviruddho yaḥ śiṣṭaśāstravirodhakaḥ / eṣa mārgo hi niraye tiryyagyonau ca kāraṇam
Translation
Whoever acts against varṇāśrama and opposes the śāstras upheld by the righteous—this path indeed becomes the cause of hell and of birth among the animal wombs (tiryak-yoni).
Word by Word
varṇa-āśrama-viruddhaḥcontrary to the varṇa-āśrama order
varṇa-āśrama-viruddhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + viruddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; adjective used substantively; ‘opposed to varṇa and āśrama’
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; relative pronoun
śiṣṭa-śāstra-virodhakaḥopposed to the authoritative teachings of the learned
śiṣṭa-śāstra-virodhakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + virodhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; ‘opposer of the śiṣṭas’ scriptures’
eṣaḥthis
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; demonstrative
mārgaḥpath, course
mārgaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmārga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic/causal particle
nirayein hell
niraye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootniraya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular
tiryyag-yonauin an animal birth
tiryyag-yonau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Roottiryyak (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; ‘in an animal womb/species’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
kāraṇamcause
kāraṇam:
Pradhāna (प्रधान/predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; predicate nominative