Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
दुष्प्रज्ञाः केचिद् आभान्ति केचिद् आभान्ति पण्डिताः महाप्रज्ञास् तथा चान्ये ज्ञानविज्ञानभाविनः //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; अतः यथार्थानुवादः कर्तुं न शक्यते। कृपया श्लोकं प्रददातु।
Word by Word
duṣ-prajñāḥfoolish / of poor intellect
duṣ-prajñāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootdus (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + prajñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘of bad understanding’
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkim + cit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
ābhāntiappear
ābhānti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkim + cit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
ābhāntiappear
ābhānti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural
paṇḍitāḥlearned people
paṇḍitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpaṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
mahā-prajñāḥgreatly wise
mahā-prajñāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prajñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
anyeothers
anye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
jñāna-vijñāna-bhāvinaḥendowed with knowledge and discernment
jñāna-vijñāna-bhāvinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: jñānaṃ ca vijñānaṃ ca yasya bhāvaḥ/pravṛttiḥ (bhāvin = ‘possessing/characterized by’)
Speaker
Umā questioning Śiva