Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
व्रणद्वाराण्य् अधिष्ठाय कर्माण्य् आत्मनि मन्यते श्रोत्रादीनि तु सर्वाणि पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाण्य् अथ //
Translation
यह ब्रह्मपुराण का सप्तचत्वारिंशत्तम श्लोक है; मूल श्लोक का पाठ यहाँ नहीं दिया गया।
Word by Word
vraṇa-dvārāṇiwound-openings
vraṇa-dvārāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvraṇa + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
FormCompound noun (समास), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: vraṇasya dvārāṇi = 'doors/openings of wounds'
adhiṣṭhāyahaving presided over
adhiṣṭhāya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootadhi + sthā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण), 'having presided over/occupying'
karmāṇiactions
karmāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
ātmaniin the self
ātmani:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
manyatethinks/considers
manyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootman (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
śrotra-ādīnithe ear and the rest
śrotra-ādīni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrotra + ādi (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
FormCompound noun (समास), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: śrotram ādiḥ yeṣām = 'ear etc.' (a set beginning with ear)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय), adversative particle (निपात)
sarvāṇiall
sarvāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdjective (विशेषण), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pañcafive
pañca:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययवत्)
FormNumeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like form used with plural; here qualifying neuter plural
karma-indriyāṇiorgans of action
karma-indriyāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma + indriya (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
FormCompound noun (समास), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: karmāṇi kurvanti yāni indriyāṇi = 'organs of action'
athathen/now
atha:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating sequence/transition
Speaker
Didactic speaker; addressee not specified.