Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
यस्यान्नेनावशेषेण जठरे म्रियते द्विजः तां तां योनिं व्रजेद् विप्रो यस्यान्नम् उपजीवति //
Translation
Le verset (n° 27) doit être entendu avec révérence afin de comprendre le Dharma.
Word by Word
yasyaof whom/whose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; relative pronoun
anna-ena-avaśeṣeṇaby (his) food’s remainder
anna-ena-avaśeṣeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक) + avaśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; anna-ena (तृतीया) + avaśeṣeṇa (तृतीया) in apposition; (sandhi in text: annenāvaśeṣeṇa)
jaṭharein the stomach
jaṭhare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
mriyatedies
mriyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootmṛ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular
dvijaḥthe twice-born
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
tāmthat
tām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
tāmthat (very)
tām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; repetition for distributive emphasis
yonimwomb/birth-state
yonim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
vrajetshould go/attain
vrajet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvraj (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
vipraḥthe Brāhmaṇa
vipraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
yasyaof whom/whose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular; relative pronoun
annamfood
annam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
upajīvatilives by/depends on
upajīvati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√jīv (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing Devi