Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
निष्केवलेन पापेन तिर्यग्योनिम् अवाप्नुयात् पुण्यपापेषु मानुष्यं पुण्यमात्रेण देवताः //
Translation
अन्यदिन्धनमन्याग्निरन्यद्रूपं दृश्यते यथा । अन्यश्चित्तं तथाऽन्यस्तु देहिनं विद्धि देहतः ॥
Word by Word
niṣkevalenaby sheer/only
niṣkevalena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣ-kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभावः—निष् (निः/निष् = ‘केवलम्/मात्रम्’) + केवल; अर्थः ‘केवलम्/मात्रम्’
pāpenaby sin
pāpena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tiryagyoniman animal birth
tiryagyonim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottiryag-yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः—तिर्यक्-योनि (animal womb/birth)
avāpnuyātwould attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-āp (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
puṇyapāpeṣuin (a mix of) merit and sin
puṇyapāpeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya-pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—पुण्यं च पापं च
mānuṣyamhuman (state/birth)
mānuṣyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
puṇyamātreṇaby merit alone
puṇyamātreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya-mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—पुण्यस्य मात्रम् (‘only merit’)
devatāḥ(become) deities
devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Narrative voice continuing a teaching on karmic results (specific interlocutors not stated in this verse)