Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 13

Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa

Devanagari script

तत्क्षेत्रसेवनरतिर् नैव जात्वभिजायते / समीपे वसमानोनामपि पुंसां दुरात्मनाम्

Transliteration

tatkṣetrasevanaratir naiva jātvabhijāyate / samīpe vasamānonāmapi puṃsāṃ durātmanām

Translation

Ang pagnanais na maglingkod sa banal na kṣetra ay hindi kailanman sumisibol sa mga taong masama ang loob, kahit naninirahan sila sa malapit.

Word by Word

• tat-kṣetra-sevana-ratiḥ: delight in serving that sacred place
• tat-kṣetra-sevana-ratiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + sevana (प्रातिपदिक) + rati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: tat-kṣetre sevane ratiḥ / tatkṣetrasevanasya ratiḥ (sense: delight in serving that holy place)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable negation particle (निषेध)

• eva: indeed/at all
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Kāla (काल/Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (कालवाचक) meaning ‘ever/at any time’

• abhijāyate: arises/is born
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• samīpe: near
• samīpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन) used adverbially

• vasamānonām: of those dwelling
• vasamānonām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस् धातु)
• Form: Present middle participle (शानच्/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘of those dwelling’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha-bodha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अपि) expressing ‘even/also’

• puṃsām: of men
• puṃsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• durātmanām: of wicked-souled (men)
• durātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: duṣṭa ātmā yasya/yeṣām