Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
यन्त्रितः कार्यकरणैः षड्भागकृतलक्षणः ग्राम्यधर्मान् न सेवेत स्वच्छन्देनार्थकोविदः //
Translation
Ce passage du Purāṇa enseigne que le Dharma doit être vénéré comme les Veda et observé avec un esprit pur.
Word by Word
yantritaḥrestrained, controlled
yantritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyantrita (कृदन्त; √yam/यम् + नि, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (Nominative/प्रथमा) Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally
kārya-karaṇaiḥby duties and means (tasks and instruments)
kārya-karaṇaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसक), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/तृतीया) Bahuvacana (Plural/बहुवचन); dvandva compound
ṣaḍ-bhāga-kṛta-lakṣaṇaḥhaving the mark of being divided into six shares
ṣaḍ-bhāga-kṛta-lakṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ/कृ + क्त) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ṣaḍbhāga-kṛta (made into six parts) qualifying lakṣaṇa (characteristic)
grāmya-dharmānworldly/village customs
grāmya-dharmān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāmya (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative/द्वितीया) Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya (village/worldly + duties)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha (negation particle/निषेध-अव्यय)
sevetashould serve/associate with
seveta:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√sev (सेव्)
FormLiṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष) Ekavacana; Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
svacchandenaby one’s own choice
svacchandena:
Karaṇa (करण/Means; adverbial)
TypeNoun
Rootsvacchanda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā Ekavacana; adverbial instrumental (by one’s own will)
artha-kovidaḥone skilled in practical aims/wealth
artha-kovidaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक) + kovida (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (skilled in artha)
Speaker
Contextual didactic narration (speaker not specified in supplied excerpt)