Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

स एवं फलम् आप्नोति त्रिषु लोकेषु मूर्तिमान् प्रकृतिः कुरुते कर्म शुभाशुभफलात्मकम् //

Translation

Este verso (cap. 242, v. 43) se conserva como palabra sagrada del Brahma Purana, para exponer el dharma y la memoria antigua.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• āpnoti: attains/obtains
• āpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक-विशेषण), Locative (सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन), (gender per locus; here with masculine locative plural)

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mūrtimān: embodied
• mūrtimān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti + mat (प्रातिपदिक; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Adjective (विशेषण), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti / nature
• prakṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kurute: does/makes
• kurute: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• karma: action/deed
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śubhāśubha-phalātmakam: consisting of good-and-bad results
• śubhāśubha-phalātmakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + aśubha + phala + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: Compound adjective (समास-विशेषण), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: (śubhāśubha-phala)-ātmaka = 'having the nature of auspicious/inauspicious fruits'

Speaker

• Didactic speaker; addressee not specified.