Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मणत्वं सुखं प्राप्य दुर्लभं यो ऽवमन्यते अभोज्यान्नानि वाश्नाति स द्विजत्वात् पतेत वै //
Translation
Le verset (n° 28) rappelle la vérité et le devoir sacré.
Word by Word
brāhmaṇatvamBrāhmaṇa-hood
brāhmaṇatvam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of prāpya)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇatva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -tva
sukhampleasant/happy
sukham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; used adjectivally (विशेषण) qualifying brāhmaṇatvam
prāpyahaving obtained
prāpya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Gerund)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form; ‘having obtained’
durlabhamhard to obtain
durlabham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdur-labha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; compound: dur (अव्यय ‘difficult’) + labha (लभ्य)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun
avamanyatedisrespects/looks down upon
avamanyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√man (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular
abhojya-annāniforbidden foods
abhojya-annāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roota-bhojya (कृदन्त; √bhuj धातु, potential passive participle ‘to be eaten’ with negation a-) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); compound used as ‘inedible/forbidden foods’
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; disjunctive/optional particle (विकल्पार्थ)
aśnātieats
aśnāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootaś (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
dvijatvātfrom (his) twice-born status
dvijatvāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Separation)
TypeNoun
Rootdvijatva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
patetashould fall
pateta:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpat (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थ/खल्वर्थ)
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing Devi