Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

जराजर्जरदेहश् च शिथिलावयवः पुमान् विचलच्छीर्णदशनो वलिस्नायुशिरावृतः //

Translation

第27颂宜以虔敬诵读，以领会《普拉那》所传之古老教诲。

Word by Word

• jarā-jarjara-dehaḥ: (one) with a body worn by old age
• jarā-jarjara-dehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + jarjara (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); descriptive compound: 'a body (deha) that is jarjara (worn) due to jarā (old age)'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय/particle)

• śithila-avayavaḥ: having loose limbs
• śithila-avayavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śithila (प्रातिपदिक) + avayava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: śithilāḥ avayavāḥ yasya

• pumān: a man
• pumān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• vicalat-śīrṇa-daśanaḥ: with loose and broken teeth
• vicalat-śīrṇa-daśanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicalat (√cal, धातु; शतृ-प्रत्यय/वर्तमानकृदन्त) + śīrṇa (√śṝ, धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय/भूतकृदन्त) + daśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); descriptive: 'teeth (daśana) that are broken (śīrṇa) and moving/loose (vicalat)'

• vali-snāyu-śirā-āvṛtaḥ: covered with wrinkles, sinews and veins
• vali-snāyu-śirā-āvṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vali (प्रातिपदिक) + snāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + śirā (प्रातिपदिक) + āvṛta (√vṛ, धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: vali-snāyu-śirābhiḥ āvṛtaḥ (covered with wrinkles, sinews, veins)

Speaker

• Not specified (descriptive didactic voice).