Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
यश् च विप्रत्वम् उत्सृज्य क्षत्रधर्मान् निषेवते ब्राह्मण्यात् स परिभ्रष्टः क्षत्रयोनौ प्रजायते //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 15) est conservé comme témoignage du Dharma et de la mémoire sacrée.
Word by Word
yaḥhe who
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
vipratvamBrahminhood
vipratvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvipratva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
utsṛjyahaving abandoned
utsṛjya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootut√sṛj (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable; from ut√sṛj ‘to abandon’
kṣatra-dharmānKshatriya duties
kṣatra-dharmān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)
niṣevatepractises/serves
niṣevate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni√sev (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
brāhmaṇyātfrom Brahmin status
brāhmaṇyāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
paribhraṣṭaḥfallen/deviated
paribhraṣṭaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpari√bhraṃś (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
kṣatra-yonauin a Kshatriya womb/lineage
kṣatra-yonau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
prajāyateis born
prajāyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√jan (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
Speaker
Same didactic speaker