Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
स वृथा क्लेशकारी वै साधूनाम् उपजायते गुरुदेवद्विजातीनां मातापित्रोश् च पूजनम् //
Translation
एतत् चतुर्थं वचनं शास्त्रसम्मतं हितकारि च।
Word by Word
saḥthat/it
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vṛthāin vain; uselessly
vṛthā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvṛthā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
kleśa-kārīcausing suffering
kleśa-kārī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkleśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष ‘kleśaṃ karoti’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
sādhūnāmof the good/virtuous
sādhūnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
upajāyatearises/comes about
upajāyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (जन्, धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); with upa-
guru-deva-dvijātīnāmof gurus, gods, and twice-born
guru-deva-dvijātīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (guravaś ca devāś ca dvijātayaś ca)
mātā-pitroḥof mother and father
mātā-pitroḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDual (द्विवचन), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
pūjanamworship/honoring
pūjanam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjana (प्रातिपदिक; pūj + lyuṭ)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); here as subject-complement
Speaker
Kṛṣṇa continuing instruction to his parents (and by extension to the audience)