Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवं पशुसमैर् मूढैर् अज्ञानप्रभवं महत् अवाप्यते नरैर् दुःखं शिश्नोदरपरायणैः //

Translation

अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं “२४” इति सङ्ख्या दृश्यते। कृपया श्लोकं प्रददातु, तदा यथाशास्त्रं अनुवादं करिष्यामि।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Manner adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• paśu-samaiḥ: by those equal to beasts
• paśu-samaiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); उपमान-तत्पुरुषः: paśubhiḥ samaḥ

• mūḍhaiḥ: by deluded (men)
• mūḍhaiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with naraiḥ (understood/next)

• ajñāna-prabhavam: arising from ignorance
• ajñāna-prabhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: ajñānāt prabhavati

• mahat: great
• mahat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with duḥkham

• avāpyate: is obtained/experienced
• avāpyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (आप्) (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• naraiḥ: by men
• naraiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agent in passive

• duḥkham: suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); in passive, patient (karma)

• śiśna-udara-parāyaṇaiḥ: devoted to lust and the belly
• śiśna-udara-parāyaṇaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiśna (प्रातिपदिक) + udara (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः: śiśne ca udare ca parāyaṇāḥ (sense: devoted to genitals and belly)

Speaker

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