Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
वैश्यो भवति धर्मात्मा क्षत्रियः स्वेन कर्मणा एतैः कर्मफलैर् देवि न्यूनजातिकुलोद्भवः //
Translation
हे ब्रह्मपुराणातील पवित्र पद्य आहे; मूळ श्लोक नसल्याने भाषांतर देणे उचित नाही।
Word by Word
vaiśyaḥa Vaiśya
vaiśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
bhavatibecomes
bhavati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
dharmātmārighteous-minded
dharmātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'धर्मः आत्मा यस्य' (whose nature is dharma)
kṣatriyaḥa Kṣatriya
kṣatriyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
svenaby his own
svena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (of karmaṇā)
karmaṇāby action/deed
karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
etaiḥby these
etaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of karmaphalaiḥ)
karma-phalaiḥby the fruits of actions
karma-phalaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
deviO Goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
nyūna-jāti-kula-udbhavaḥone born in a lower caste/family
nyūna-jāti-kula-udbhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnyūna + jāti + kula + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'न्यूनायां जातौ कुले च उद्भवः यस्य' (one born in a lower birth/family)
Speaker
Didactic narrator addressing ‘Devī’ (female interlocutor), exact identities not provided in excerpt
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