Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तेन शूद्रान्नशेषेण ब्रह्मस्थानाद् अपाकृतः ब्राह्मणः शूद्रताम् एति नास्ति तत्र विचारणा //

Translation

Le verset (n° 26) expose un enseignement pur selon le cadre des Purāṇa.

Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun

• śūdra-anna-śeṣeṇa: by the leftover of Śūdra-food
• śūdra-anna-śeṣeṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक) + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः: शूद्रस्य अन्नम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + शेषेण (तृतीया)

• brahma-sthānāt: from the Brahman-status/seat
• brahma-sthānāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; समासः: ब्रह्मणः स्थानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• apākṛtaḥ: removed
• apākṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective of brāhmaṇaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apa-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘removed/expelled’

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• śūdratām: Śūdra-hood
• śūdratām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -tā

• eti: goes/attains
• eti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• tatra: there/in that matter
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/inquiry
• vicāraṇā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of asti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

• Teacher/narrator addressing Devi