Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रसारणाकुञ्चनादौ नागानां प्रभुर् आत्मनः शकृन्मूत्रमहापङ्कशायी सर्वत्र पीडितः //

Translation

（234.12偈）これは第12偈である。梵文原典が欠けているため、訳の正確性を保証できない。

Word by Word

• prasāraṇa-ākuñcana-ādau: in stretching and contracting, etc.
• prasāraṇa-ākuñcana-ādau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākuñcana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana; अधिकरण (in the matter of/at)

• nāgānām: of serpents
• nāgānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/possessive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Bahuvacana

• prabhuḥ: master/able (one)
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• ātmanaḥ: of himself
• ātmanaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/possessive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana; reflexive sense

• śakṛt-mūtra-mahā-paṅka-śāyī: lying in the great mire of feces and urine
• śakṛt-mūtra-mahā-paṅka-śāyī: Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + mūtra (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅka (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; विशेषण to subject

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya adverb; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• pīḍitaḥ: afflicted/pressed
• pīḍitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pīḍ (पीड्) (धातु), past participle (कृदन्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

• Narratorial instruction (speaker not identified in excerpt)