Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
एतं मे संशयं देव वद भूतपते ऽनघ त्रयो वर्णाः प्रकृत्येह कथं ब्राह्मण्यम् आप्नुयुः //
Translation
Ce verset (chapitre 223, verset 11) poursuit le sens sacré, dans le respect de la source sanskrite.
Word by Word
etamthis
etam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally
memy
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic pronoun
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
devaO god
deva:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
vadatell/say
vada:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūta-pateO lord of beings
bhūta-pate:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘bhūtānāṃ patiḥ’
anaghaO sinless one
anagha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeAdjective
Rootanagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); adjective used in address
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
varṇāḥclasses/varṇas
varṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
prakṛtyāby nature; naturally
prakṛtyā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग); adverbial-instrumental ‘by nature/naturally’
ihahere
iha:
Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
kathamhow?
katham:
Prashna (प्रश्न/Interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण)
brāhmaṇyambrāhmaṇa-hood; brahmin status
brāhmaṇyam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
āpnuyuḥmight attain
āpnuyuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootāp (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Umā addresses Śiva.