Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
नरकं कर्मणां लोपात् फलम् आहुर् महर्षयः तस्माद् अज्ञानिनां दुःखम् इह चामुत्र चोत्तमम् //
Translation
Ang talata 26 ay nagpapatuloy sa salaysay ng Purana sa banal at masusing paraan, ayon sa diwang Sanskrit.
Word by Word
narakamhell
narakam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootnaraka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
karmaṇāmof actions/rites
karmaṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
lopātfrom (their) omission
lopāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Ablative source-cause)
TypeNoun
Rootlopa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)
phalamfruit, result
phalam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); in apposition to narakam
āhuḥthey said/declare
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
maharṣayaḥgreat sages
maharṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottasmāt (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक tad)
FormAblatival adverbial form (तस्मात्), used as indeclinable connector meaning 'therefore/from that'
ajñānināmof the ignorant
ajñāninām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootajñānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
duḥkhamsuffering
duḥkham:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootduḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
ihahere (in this world)
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय/particle)
amutrathere (in the other world)
amutra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootamutra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय/particle)
uttamamgreatest, extreme
uttamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying duḥkham
Speaker
Not specified; authority is attributed to 'maharṣayaḥ' (great sages).