Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
इष्टकाप्रस्तरे चैव चक्रकप्रस्तरे तथा भस्मप्रस्तरशायी च भूमिशय्यानुलेपनः //
Translation
ഈ അധ്യായത്തിലെ പത്താം ശ്ലോകം—ധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ മൂലം സത്യം; സത്യത്തിന്റെ മൂലം ശുദ്ധാചാരം; അതിനാൽ ശുദ്ധി എപ്പോഴും കാത്തുസൂക്ഷിക്കണം।
Word by Word
iṣṭakā-prastareon a bed/platform of bricks
iṣṭakā-prastare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootiṣṭakā (प्रातिपदिक) + prastara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष (locative)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
cakraka-prastareon a cakraka-platform (circular/stone-like slab)
cakraka-prastare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootcakraka (प्रातिपदिक) + prastara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष (locative)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
bhasma-prastara-śāyīlying on an ash-bed
bhasma-prastara-śāyī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhasma (प्रातिपदिक) + prastara (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक; from śī धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; उपपद-तत्पुरुष; ‘lying on a bed of ashes’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
bhūmi-śayyā-anulepanaḥone who smears (himself) while lying on the ground
bhūmi-śayyā-anulepanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक) + śayyā (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक; from anu+lip धातु, ल्युट्)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष; ‘having/using smearing on an earth-bed’
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt (instructional list of austerities).