Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा त्रिविधैर् देहिनः सदा बध्यन्ते बन्धनैः कैर् वा मुच्यन्ते वा कथं वद //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं “2” इति संख्या दृश्यते। कृपया संस्कृतपाठं दत्त्वा अनुवादः क्रियताम्।
Word by Word
karmaṇāby action
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
manasāby mind
manasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vācāby speech
vācā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
trividhaiḥby three kinds (in three ways)
trividhaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Roottri + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन) — agreeing with implied ‘means/ways’
dehinaḥembodied beings
dehinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdehin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sadāalways
sadā:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
badhyanteare bound
badhyante:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bandh (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
bandhanaiḥby bonds
bandhanaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootbandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
kaiḥby which (bonds)
kaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पबोधक अव्यय)
mucyanteare released
mucyante:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√muc (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पबोधक अव्यय)
kathamhow
katham:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय)
vadasay; tell
vada:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√vad (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
Speaker
Umā to Śiva