Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
निर्गुणं निर्मलं ब्रह्म यत्र तिष्ठति स द्विजः एते ये विमला देवि स्थानभावनिदर्शकाः //
Translation
ที่นี่มีเพียงตัวเลข “59” เท่านั้น; ไม่ได้ให้บทศลกเดิม จึงไม่อาจแปลได้อย่างถูกต้อง
Word by Word
nirguṇamwithout qualities
nirguṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying brahma
nirmalamstainless/pure
nirmalam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirmala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying brahma
brahmaBrahman
brahma:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; relative adverb ‘where’
tiṣṭhatiabides/stands
tiṣṭhati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra, Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun
dvijaḥ(is) a twice-born
dvijaḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun
yewho/which
ye:
Anvaya-sambandha (अन्वय-सम्बन्ध/relative link)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; relative pronoun
vimalāḥpure/spotless
vimalāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootvimala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective qualifying (ete/…-darśakāḥ)
deviO Goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana
sthāna-bhāvana-nidarśakāḥindicators of the state and contemplation (of Brahman)
sthāna-bhāvana-nidarśakāḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣya (प्रधान-विशेष्य/predicate/subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक) + nidarśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(Multi-member) Tatpuruṣa: sthānasya bhāvana = ‘contemplation/realization of the state/place’; tad-nidarśakāḥ = ‘indicators of that’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
Speaker
Didactic speaker addressing Devī (explicit: devi).