Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतेन समाविश्य द्विजो भवेत् ज्ञानविज्ञानसंपन्नः संस्कृतो वेदपारगः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 51) expose la pureté et le savoir selon l’ancienne tradition puranique.
Word by Word
tretā-agni-mantra-pūtenaby (one) purified through the three-fire mantras
tretā-agni-mantra-pūtena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Roottretā + agni + mantra + pūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/हेतौ (instrumental: 'purified by...')
samāviśyahaving entered/undergone
samāviśya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-viś (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), 'having entered/undergone'
dvijaḥa twice-born (person)
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
bhavetwould become
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
jñāna-vijñāna-saṃpannaḥendowed with knowledge and realization
jñāna-vijñāna-saṃpannaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñāna + vijñāna + saṃpanna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (of dvijaḥ)
saṃskṛtaḥrefined, duly consecrated
saṃskṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃ-skṛ (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
veda-pāragaḥone who has mastered the Veda
veda-pāragaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootveda + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण
Speaker
Contextual didactic narration (speaker not specified in supplied excerpt)