Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
तेन शूद्रान्नशेषेण ब्रह्मस्थानाद् अपाकृतः ब्राह्मणः शूद्रताम् एति नास्ति तत्र विचारणा //
Translation
ഇവിടെ “26” എന്ന സംഖ്യ മാത്രം നൽകിയിരിക്കുന്നു; മൂലശ്ലോകം ലഭ്യമല്ല, അതിനാൽ അർത്ഥാനുവാദം സാധ്യമല്ല.
Word by Word
tenaby that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun
śūdra-anna-śeṣeṇaby the leftover of Śūdra-food
śūdra-anna-śeṣeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक) + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः: शूद्रस्य अन्नम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + शेषेण (तृतीया)
brahma-sthānātfrom the Brahman-status/seat
brahma-sthānāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; समासः: ब्रह्मणः स्थानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
apākṛtaḥremoved
apākṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective of brāhmaṇaḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootapa-√kṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘removed/expelled’
brāhmaṇaḥa Brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
śūdratāmŚūdra-hood
śūdratām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdratā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -tā
etigoes/attains
eti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rooti (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
tatrathere/in that matter
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)
vicāraṇāconsideration/inquiry
vicāraṇā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of asti)
TypeNoun
Rootvicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing Devi