Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
ऋतुकाले तु धर्मात्मा पत्नीम् उपाश्रयेत् सदा सदोपवासी नियतः स्वाध्यायनिरतः शुचिः //
Translation
Le sage doit préserver la vérité, la patience et la compassion, afin que le mérite sacré s’accroisse.
Word by Word
ṛtu-kālein the proper season (fertile period)
ṛtu-kāle:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-time)
TypeNoun
Rootṛtu (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative/सप्तमी) Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (time of season/period)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa/contrast particle (तु)
dharmātmāa righteous person
dharmātmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi (whose self is dharma = righteous-minded)
patnīmwife
patnīm:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootpatnī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā Ekavacana
upāśrayetshould approach/resort to
upāśrayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√śri (उप + श्रि)
FormLiṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa Ekavacana, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
sadāalways
sadā:
Kāla (काल/Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormKāla-avyaya (temporal adverb/काल-अव्यय)
sadā-upavāsīalways fasting/observing fasts
sadā-upavāsī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsadā (अव्यय) + upavāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; avyayībhāva (always + fasting)
niyataḥdisciplined, regulated
niyataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyata (कृदन्त; √yam/यम् + नि, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; PPP used adjectivally (disciplined)
svādhyāya-nirataḥdevoted to Vedic study
svādhyāya-nirataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvādhyāya (प्रातिपदिक) + nirata (कृदन्त; √ram/रम् + नि, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (engaged in self-study)
śuciḥpure, clean
śuciḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana
Speaker
Contextual didactic narration (speaker not specified in supplied excerpt)