Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
सुरापाने च सक्तानां ब्राह्मणानां दुरात्मनाम् गुरुदारप्रसक्तानां गतिं विज्ञाय चाशुभाम् //
Translation
ഇത് 240-ാം അധ്യായത്തിലെ നാൽപ്പത്തിരണ്ടാം ശ്ലോകമാണ്.
Word by Word
surā-pānein drinking liquor
surā-pāne:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsurā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (surāyāḥ pānam); Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
saktānāmof those attached/addicted
saktānām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sañj/√saj धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (qualifying brāhmaṇānām), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
brāhmaṇānāmof Brahmins
brāhmaṇānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
durātmanāmof evil-minded
durātmanām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdurātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (qualifying brāhmaṇānām), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
guru-dāra-prasaktānāmof those obsessed with the teacher’s wife
guru-dāra-prasaktānām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sañj/√saj धातु)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (gurudāreṣu prasaktāḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (qualifying brāhmaṇānām), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
gatimdestiny, fate
gatim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vijñāyahaving understood
vijñāya:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-jñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form (अव्ययकृदन्त)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
aśubhāminauspicious, evil
aśubhām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying gatim
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing dvijāḥ
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