Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
शुभैः कर्मफलैर् देवि मयैते परिकीर्तिताः स्वर्गमार्गपरा भूयः किं त्वं श्रोतुम् इहेच्छसि //
Translation
Ang talata (38) ay nagpapakita na ang pagsunod sa Dharma at pag-aalay nang tapat ay nagdudulot ng biyaya at mabuting bunga sa daigdig.
Word by Word
śubhaiḥwith auspicious
śubhaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसaka (or Puṃ) , Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana; qualifying karmaphalaiḥ
karmaaction
karma:
—
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसaka; samāsa-aṅga
phalaiḥby/with fruits
phalaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; karma-phalaiḥ = with the fruits of actions (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa)
deviO Goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदik)
FormStrīliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormTṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana; 1st person pronoun
etethese
ete:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun
parikīrtitāḥhave been described
parikīrtitāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle) used as finite in passive sense; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ‘(they) have been described’
svargaheaven
svarga:
—
TypeNoun
Rootsvarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga; samāsa-aṅga
mārgapath
mārga:
—
TypeNoun
Rootmārga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga; samāsa-aṅga
parāḥdevoted (to)
parāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; svarga-mārga-parāḥ = devoted to the path to heaven (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa)
bhūyaḥfurther, again
bhūyaḥ:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; punar-artha (adverb: again/further)
kimwhat?
kim:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya-prayoga; interrogative particle
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā, Ekavacana; 2nd person pronoun
śrotumto hear
śrotum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु) + tumun (कृदन्त)
FormTumunanta (infinitive), avyaya-sadṛśa; ‘to hear’
ihahere
iha:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (adverb of place)
icchasido you wish
icchasi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
Speaker
Śiva addressing Umā (Pārvatī)
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