Brahma Purana — Cakṣus-tīrtha at Yogeśvara: Dharma Tested, Sight Restored, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच ततः प्राह स कोपेन धर्मं यद्य् अनुशंससि आवयोः प्राणयोर् अत्र पणः स्याद् इति वै मुने //

Translation

Ayat (170.47) disenaraikan sebagai petikan suci dalam Purana, namun tiada teks Sanskrit asal untuk diterjemahkan secara tepat.

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय) of sequence/time

• prāha: spoke/said
• prāha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kopena: with anger
• kopena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dharmaṃ: dharma/righteousness
• dharmaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional particle (अव्यय; शर्त)

• anuśaṃsasi: you praise/commend
• anuśaṃsasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• prāṇayoḥ: of (our) lives/breaths
• prāṇayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय) of place

• paṇaḥ: a wager/stake
• paṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• syāt: would be/may be
• syāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Brahmā narrating; the angry brāhmaṇa proposes a life-wager to the vaiśya