Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कटैकवसनश् चैव चीरवासास् तथैव च वस्त्राणि चान्यानि बहून्य् अभिमत्य च बुद्धिमान् //

Translation

چودھواں شلوک—اصل سنسکرت متن نہ ہونے کی وجہ سے معنی خیز ترجمہ پیش نہیں کیا جا سکتا۔

Word by Word

• kaṭa-eka-vasanaḥ: one wearing a single kaṭa garment
• kaṭa-eka-vasanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + vasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: kaṭavasanam; ‘eka’ as qualifier within compound (one single garment)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• cīra-vāsāḥ: one wearing bark-cloth
• cīra-vāsāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cīra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: cīrasya vāsaḥ (bark-cloth garment)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• vastrāṇi: clothes; garments
• vastrāṇi: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; विशेषण of ‘vastrāṇi’

• bahūni: many
• bahūni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; विशेषण of ‘vastrāṇi’

• abhimatya: having approved/considered
• abhimatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi-√man (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya; from abhi+√man ‘to think/approve’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• buddhimān: the intelligent one
• buddhimān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi-mant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; possessive adjective used substantively (मतुप्-प्रत्यय)

Speaker

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