Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 36
Devanagari script
द्वंद्वानां विप्रयोगं च विज्ञाय कृपणं द्विजाः अन्योन्यभक्षणं दृष्ट्वा भूतानाम् अपि चाशुभम् //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 36) poursuit l’exposé des principes sacrés, afin d’apaiser l’esprit et d’éclairer l’intelligence.
Word by Word
dvaṃdvānāmof pairs/opposites
dvaṃdvānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
viprayogamseparation; disunion
viprayogam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootviprayoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
vijñāyahaving understood
vijñāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√jñā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having understood’
kṛpaṇamwretched; pitiable
kṛpaṇam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijāḥtwice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
anyonya-bhakṣaṇammutual eating/devouring
anyonya-bhakṣaṇam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootanyonya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √bhakṣ→भक्षण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular); तत्पुरुषः (reciprocal determinative) ‘mutual devouring’
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’
bhūtānāmof beings
bhūtānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
apialso; even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) conveying inclusion/emphasis
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
aśubhaminauspiciousness; evil
aśubham:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootaśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Narrator/teacher addressing 'dvijāḥ'