Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
पापेन कर्मणा देवि युक्तो हिंसादिभिर् यतः अहितः सर्वभूतानां हीनायुर् उपजायते //
Translation
此偈（第52）劝人敬奉达摩，安定其心，以趋向功德与德行。
Word by Word
pāpenaby sinful
pāpena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (karmaṇā)
karmaṇāby action/deed
karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
deviO Goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
yuktaḥendowed/associated
yuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootyuj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/connected
hiṃsādibhiḥwith violence and the like
hiṃsādibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roothiṃsā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (hiṃsā + ādi) ‘violence etc.’
yataḥsince/because
yataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyataḥ (अव्यय)
Formहेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal indeclinable: ‘because/since’)
ahitaḥharmful
ahitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-hita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit subject)
sarvabhūtānāmof all beings
sarvabhūtānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi bhūtāni)
hīnāyuḥshort-lived (one)
hīnāyuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothīna + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय
upajāyateis born/arises
upajāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-jan (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Narrator/teacher addressing Devī