Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
शीतोष्णवातवर्षाम्बुवैद्युतादिसमुद्भवः तापो द्विजवरश्रेष्ठाः कथ्यते चाधिदैविकः //
Translation
ಅಷ್ಟಮ ಶ್ಲೋಕ—ಶ್ರವಣ-ಕೀರ್ತನೆಯ ಪುಣ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಭಕ್ತಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ।
Word by Word
śītafrom cold
śīta:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśīta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member (source)
uṣṇafrom heat
uṣṇa:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootuṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
vātafrom wind
vāta:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
varṣāfrom rain
varṣā:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
ambufrom water
ambu:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootambu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
vaidyutafrom lightning
vaidyuta:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvaidyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — compound-member
ādiand the like
ādi:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular — 'etc.' as compound-member
samudbhavaḥarising from
samudbhavaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; tatpuruṣa in sense 'arising from (the above)'
tāpaḥaffliction
tāpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
dvijavaraśreṣṭhāḥO best of the best among the twice-born
dvijavaraśreṣṭhāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th), Plural; 'O best among the excellent dvijas'
kathyateis called/said
kathyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada; Passive sense 'is said/called'
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle
adhidaivikaḥdivine/celestial (from deities/nature)
adhidaivikaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhidaivika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular — predicate adjective of (tāpaḥ)
Speaker
Vyāsa (implied), addressing dvijavaraśreṣṭhāḥ (best among brāhmaṇas).