Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 56
Devanagari script
विशुद्धः स द्विजातिभ्यो विज्ञेय इति मे मतिः न योनिर् नापि संस्कारो न श्रुतिर् न च संततिः //
Translation
Le verset (56) poursuit l’explication des principes du dharma et de l’ordre du monde selon la vision ancienne.
Word by Word
viśuddhaḥpure
viśuddhaḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधान-विशेषण/predicative adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; adjective ‘pure’
saḥhe/that person
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun
dvijātibhyaḥthan the twice-born castes
dvijātibhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान/ablative of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootdvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (feminine/स्त्रीलिङ्ग) or Puṃliṅga usage; Pañcamī vibhakti (ablative/पञ्चमी), Bahuvacana (plural/बहुवचन)
vijñeyaḥto be known (as)
vijñeyaḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootvijñeya (कृदन्त; √jñā ज्ञा with vi-)
FormKṛtya (gerundive/कृत्य) in -ya; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘to be known/recognized’
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
memy
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; enclitic form ‘me’
matiḥopinion/view
matiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle (niṣedha/निषेध)
yoniḥbirth/lineage
yoniḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
nanor
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle ‘also/even’ (here with negation: ‘even/also’)
saṃskāraḥrite/initiatory purification
saṃskāraḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
nanor
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle
śrutiḥVedic learning/hearing (śruti)
śrutiḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
nanor
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (here in negative coordination)
saṃtatiḥprogeny/line of descent
saṃtatiḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃtati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
Speaker
Didactic speaker continuing instruction to Devī (implied by surrounding address).