Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
शूद्रान्नेनावशेषेण जठरे म्रियते द्विजः आहिताग्निस् तथा यज्वा स शूद्रगतिभाग् भवेत् //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 25) est tenu pour une parole sacrée dans la tradition des Purāṇa.
Word by Word
śūdra-annenāvaśeṣeṇaby the remainder of Śūdra-food
śūdra-annenāvaśeṣeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक) + avaśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); neuter head implied in -ena; समासः: शूद्रस्य अन्नम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + अवशेषेण (तृतीया)
jaṭharein the stomach
jaṭhare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
mriyatedies
mriyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootmṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijaḥa twice-born (Brāhmaṇa etc.)
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
āhita-agniḥone who has established the sacred fires
āhita-agniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootāhita (कृदन्त; √dhā धातु, past passive participle) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: आहिताः अग्नयः यस्य (बहुवचनार्थेऽपि प्रचलितः) / आहितोऽग्निः (कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषप्राय)
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb/conjunction (क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ)
yajvāa sacrificer
yajvā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyajvan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agent noun (कर्तृवाचक)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun (सर्वनाम)
śūdra-gati-bhāka sharer of the Śūdra’s destiny
śūdra-gati-bhāk:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj/bhaj (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्राय: भाक् ‘भागी’)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: शूद्रस्य गतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + भाक् (भागी)
bhavetwould become
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person, Singular
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing Devi