Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
सुरर्षीन् मरुतश् चान्यान् ब्रह्मर्षीन् सूर्यसंनिभान् ऐश्वर्याच् च्यावितान् दृष्ट्वा कालेन महता द्विजाः //
Translation
Ce verset (28) du Purana expose le Dharma et la parole sacrée des sages.
Word by Word
sura-rṣīndivine sages
sura-rṣīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवाः ये ऋषयः)
marutaḥthe Maruts
marutaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmarut (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (Vedic/epic form -aḥ for -ān)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
anyānother
anyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; विशेषण (qualifying implied sages/groups)
brahma-rṣīnBrahma-sages (brahmarishis)
brahma-rṣīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः/ब्रह्मविदः ऋषयः)
sūrya-saṃnibhānsun-like, radiant
sūrya-saṃnibhān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष-समास (सूर्यवत् संनिभाः)
aiśvaryātfrom power/sovereignty
aiśvaryāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootaiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
cyāvitāndislodged, fallen away
cyāvitān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootcyāvita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √cyu/च्यु 'to fall/move away')
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; past passive participle (कृत्: क्त) used adjectivally
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययकृदन्त)
kālenaby time
kālena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
mahatāgreat, vast
mahatā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; विशेषण (qualifying kālena)
dvijāḥO twice-born (brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयोगः (addressing)
Speaker
Not specified; vocative 'dvijāḥ' indicates address to twice-born listeners.