Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 29
Devanagari script
सुरापो ब्रह्महा स्तेयी चौरो भग्नव्रतो ऽशुचिः स्वाध्यायवर्जितः पापो लुब्धो नैकृतिकः शठः //
Translation
Que le verset (n° 29) soit médité par les sages afin d’obtenir le fruit du Dharma.
Word by Word
surāpaḥa liquor-drinker
surāpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject—listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootsurā (प्रातिपदिक) + pa (प्रातिपदिक ‘drinker’)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः: सुरायाः पः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
brahmahāslayer of a Brāhmaṇa
brahmahā:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + han (प्रातिपदिक/धात्वर्थ ‘killer’)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः: ब्रह्मणः हन्ता (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
steyīa thief
steyī:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootsteya (प्रातिपदिक) / √stai (धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; agent noun ‘thief’ (स्तेयिन्/स्तेयी)
cauraḥa robber
cauraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootcaura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
bhagna-vrataḥone whose vows are broken
bhagna-vrataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagna (कृदन्त; √bhañj धातु, past passive participle) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः: भग्नं व्रतम् यस्य/भग्नव्रतः (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलितः), form used as epithet
aśuciḥimpure
aśuciḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeAdjective
Roota-śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; negative prefix a-
svādhyāya-varjitaḥdevoid of Vedic study
svādhyāya-varjitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvādhyāya (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/√varj धातु, past passive participle)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः: स्वाध्यायेन वर्जितः / स्वाध्यायं वर्जितः (तत्पुरुष)
pāpaḥsinful
pāpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
lubdhaḥgreedy
lubdhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootlubdha (कृदन्त; √lubh धातु, past passive participle used adjectivally)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
naikṛtikaḥa deceiver/traitor
naikṛtikaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootnaikṛtika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘deceitful/treacherous’ (नैकृतिक)
śaṭhaḥa rogue
śaṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing Devi (list continues into next verse)