Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 57
Devanagari script
कारणानि द्विजत्वस्य वृत्तम् एव तु कारणम् सर्वो ऽयं ब्राह्मणो लोके वृत्तेन तु विधीयते //
Translation
นี่คือบทลำดับที่ห้าสิบเจ็ด; เพื่อธรรมะพึงฟังและพึงสาธยายอ่านบทนี้।
Word by Word
kāraṇānicauses
kāraṇāni:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahuvacana
dvijatvasyaof twice-born status
dvijatvasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdvijatva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
vṛttamconduct/behavior
vṛttam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; here as subject/predicate ‘conduct’
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (avadhāraṇa)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/emphatic particle
kāraṇamthe cause
kāraṇam:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; predicate nominal
sarvaḥevery/entire
sarvaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying brāhmaṇaḥ
ayamthis
ayam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/demonstrative)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun
brāhmaṇaḥa brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana
vṛttenaby conduct
vṛttena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instrumental/तृतीया), Ekavacana
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
vidhīyateis determined/ordained
vidhīyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√dhā (धातु) with vi-
FormLaṭ lakāra (present/लट्), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive (karmaṇi prayoga/कर्मणि प्रयोग) ‘is ordained/defined’
Speaker
Didactic speaker (within Devī-dialogue context).