Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
निष्केवलेन पापेन तिर्यग्योनिम् अवाप्नुयात् पुण्यपापेषु मानुष्यं पुण्यमात्रेण देवताः //
Translation
جس طرح ایندھن الگ ہے اور آگ الگ ہے، اور ان کی شکلیں مختلف نظر آتی ہیں، اسی طرح جان لو کہ شعور الگ ہے اور روح جسم سے مختلف ہے۔
Word by Word
niṣkevalenaby sheer/only
niṣkevalena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣ-kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभावः—निष् (निः/निष् = ‘केवलम्/मात्रम्’) + केवल; अर्थः ‘केवलम्/मात्रम्’
pāpenaby sin
pāpena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tiryagyoniman animal birth
tiryagyonim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottiryag-yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः—तिर्यक्-योनि (animal womb/birth)
avāpnuyātwould attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-āp (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
puṇyapāpeṣuin (a mix of) merit and sin
puṇyapāpeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya-pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—पुण्यं च पापं च
mānuṣyamhuman (state/birth)
mānuṣyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
puṇyamātreṇaby merit alone
puṇyamātreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya-mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—पुण्यस्य मात्रम् (‘only merit’)
devatāḥ(become) deities
devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Narrative voice continuing a teaching on karmic results (specific interlocutors not stated in this verse)