Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 58
Devanagari script
वृत्ते स्थितश् च शूद्रो ऽपि ब्राह्मणत्वं च गच्छति ब्रह्मस्वभावः सुश्रोणि समः सर्वत्र मे मतः //
Translation
Le verset (58) enseigne que l’étude des Écritures et les actes méritoires conduisent à la paix et au fruit du mérite.
Word by Word
vṛttein (good) conduct
vṛtte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana
sthitaḥestablished
sthitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthita (कृदन्त; √sthā स्था)
FormKta (past passive participle/क्त); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘standing/established’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
śūdraḥa Śūdra
śūdraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle ‘even’
brāhmaṇatvambrāhmaṇa-hood
brāhmaṇatvam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇatva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative/द्वितीया), Ekavacana
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
gacchatiattains/goes to
gacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra, Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada
brahma-svabhāvaḥof Brahman-nature
brahma-svabhāvaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + svabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa: brahmaṇaḥ svabhāvaḥ = ‘having the nature of Brahman’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
suśroṇiO fair-hipped one
suśroṇi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootsuśroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; address to a woman ‘fair-hipped’
samaḥequal/impartial
samaḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधान-विशेषण/predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicative adjective
sarvatraeverywhere
sarvatra:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (deśa-vācaka) ‘everywhere’
memy
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; enclitic ‘me’
mataḥ(is) considered
mataḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootmata (कृदन्त; √man मन्)
FormKta (past passive participle); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘considered/thought’ (elliptic: ‘is considered’)
Speaker
Didactic speaker addressing Devī (explicit: suśroṇi).