Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अनायत्तैः समस्तैश् च करणैर् मरणोन्मुखः तत्क्षणे ऽप्य् अनुभूतानाम् अस्मर्ताखिलवस्तुनाम् //

Translation

此偈（31）续说清净之法（Dharma）及诸仙（ṛṣi）相承之教。

Word by Word

• anāyattaiḥ: uncontrolled
• anāyattaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anāyatta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (karaṇa-śabda-sāpekṣa), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• samastaiḥ: all, entire
• samastaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• karaṇaiḥ: with the sense-organs/instruments
• karaṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• maraṇa-unmukhaḥ: facing death; on the verge of dying
• maraṇa-unmukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + unmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (maraṇe unmukhaḥ)

• tat-kṣaṇe: in that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (‘in that moment’)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• anubhūtānām: of things experienced
• anubhūtānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anubhūta (कृदन्त; √anubhū (धातु), क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (‘experienced’)

• asmartā: one who does not remember
• asmartā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-smartṛ (प्रातिपदिक; na + smartṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• akhila-vastūnām: of all things
• akhila-vastūnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (‘all things’)

Speaker

• Unnamed Purāṇic narrator/teacher addressing a listener (instructional discourse on suffering of aging and dying).