Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 46
Kārttavīrya-vadha (Death of Karttavīrya) / Bhārgava Rāma’s Battle with the King’s Sons
Devanagari script
श्रोणिं वक्षः स्थलं वक्त्रं यः पश्यति परस्त्रियः / मातुर्वापि भगिन्या वा दुहितुः स नराधमः
Transliteration
śroṇiṃ vakṣaḥ sthalaṃ vaktraṃ yaḥ paśyati parastriyaḥ / māturvāpi bhaginyā vā duhituḥ sa narādhamaḥ
Translation
Kẻ nào nhìn hông, ngực hay mặt của người đàn bà khác—dù là mẹ, chị em gái hay con gái—kẻ ấy là hạng người hèn mạt.
Word by Word
śroṇimhip
śroṇim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśroṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
vakṣaḥchest/breast
vakṣaḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvakṣas (वक्षस्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; form identical to nominative
sthalamarea/region
sthalam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsthala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
vaktramface/mouth
vaktram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun
paśyatisees
paśyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश्-धातु)
FormPresent tense/Laṭ (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
para-striyaḥof another's wife
para-striyaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'of another woman' (i.e., another's wife)
mātuḥof (one's) mother
mātuḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (मातृ-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, disjunctive conjunction
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
bhaginyāḥof (one's) sister
bhaginyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaginī (भगिनी-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, disjunctive conjunction
duhituḥof (one's) daughter
duhituḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootduhitṛ (दुहितृ-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
narādhamaḥthe worst of men
narādhamaḥ:
Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम/Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय: 'lowest among men'