Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
वैश्यकर्म च यो विप्रो लोभमोहव्यपाश्रयः ब्राह्मण्यं दुर्लभं प्राप्य करोत्य् अल्पमतिः सदा //
Translation
ഇത് ഷോഡശ ശ്ലോകം—ഗുരുകൃപയാൽ ശാസ്ത്രാർത്ഥം ബോധ്യപ്പെടുന്നു; വിനയവും സേവയും ജ്ഞാനദീപം പ്രജ്വലിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
vaiśya-karmāVaishya work
vaiśya-karmā:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśya (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)
vipraḥa Brahmin
vipraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
lobha-moha-vyapāśrayaḥdependent on greed and delusion
lobha-moha-vyapāśrayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootlobha (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक) + vyapāśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(Multi-member) Tatpuruṣa; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘having dependence on X’
brāhmaṇyamBrahmin status
brāhmaṇyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
durlabhamhard to obtain
durlabham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdurlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with brāhmaṇyam
prāpyahaving obtained
prāpya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√āp (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable; from pra√āp ‘to obtain’
karotidoes
karoti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
alpa-matiḥof little understanding
alpa-matiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); used adjectivally for the person
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
Speaker
Same didactic speaker