Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
जन्मदुःखान्य् अनेकानि जन्मनो ऽनन्तराणि च बालभावे यदाप्नोति आधिभूतादिकानि च //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; अतः यथार्थानुवादः कर्तुं न शक्यते।
Word by Word
janma-duḥkhānibirth-sufferings
janma-duḥkhāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (janmanaḥ duḥkhāni)
anekānimany
anekāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaneka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with janma-duḥkhāni
janmanaḥof birth
janmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootjanman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
anantarāṇiimmediate, following
anantarāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with (janma-duḥkhāni)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
bāla-bhāvein childhood
bāla-bhāve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः: bālasya bhāvaḥ
yadāwhen
yadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
āpnotiattains/experiences
āpnoti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√āp (आप्) (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
ādhi-bhūta-ādikāniafflictions beginning with the elemental (ādhibhūta)
ādhi-bhūta-ādikāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootādhi-bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः: ādhibhūtāni ca ādikāni ca (ādi-śabdena saṅgrahaḥ)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
Speaker
Narratorial instruction (speaker not identified in excerpt)