Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
चान्द्रायणानि विधिवल् लिङ्गानि विविधानि च चातुराश्रम्ययुक्तानि धर्माधर्माश्रयाण्य् अपि //
Translation
बीसवाँ श्लोक—यहाँ मूलपाठ निर्दिष्ट है; इसका भाव लोकहितकारी, शास्त्रसम्मत और पुण्यप्रद है।
Word by Word
cāndrāyaṇāniCāndrāyaṇa vows/penances
cāndrāyaṇāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcāndrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
vidhi-vataccording to the prescribed rule
vidhi-vat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय/अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) = ‘according to rule’
liṅgānimarks/observances; (religious) signs
liṅgāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
vividhānivarious
vividhāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvividha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgāni इति विशेष्य)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
cāturāśramya-yuktāniconnected with the four āśramas
cāturāśramya-yuktāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootcāturāśramya (प्रातिपदिक: catur-āśrama) + yukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चातुराश्रम्येण युक्तानि)
dharma-adharma-āśrayāṇibased on dharma and adharma
dharma-adharma-āśrayāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + adharma (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (धर्मश्च अधर्मश्च) + तत्पुरुषार्थः (तयोः आश्रयाणि)
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: also/even)
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt (didactic narration continuing).