Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
अज्ञानं तामसो भावः कार्यारम्भप्रवृत्तयः अज्ञानिनां प्रवर्तन्ते कर्मलोपस् ततो द्विजाः //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं “२५” इति सङ्ख्या दृश्यते। कृपया श्लोकं प्रददातु, तदा यथाशास्त्रं अनुवादं करिष्यामि।
Word by Word
ajñānamignorance
ajñānam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tāmasaḥtamasic, of darkness
tāmasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying bhāvaḥ
bhāvaḥstate, disposition
bhāvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
kārya-ārambha-pravṛttayaḥtendencies toward initiating actions
kārya-ārambha-pravṛttayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक) + ārambha (प्रातिपदिक) + pravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: kāryasya ārambhaḥ, tasya pravṛttayaḥ
ajñānināmof the ignorant people
ajñāninām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootajñānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
pravartantearise, proceed
pravartante:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√vṛt (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
karma-lopaḥomission of duties/rites
karma-lopaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक) + lopa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: karmaṇām lopaḥ
tataḥtherefore, from that
tataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण) expressing cause/result
dvijāḥO twice-born (brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Not specified; the address 'dvijāḥ' indicates the audience includes the twice-born (ritual-ethical community).