Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सकृद् उच्चारिते वाक्ये समुद्भूतमहाश्रमः श्वासकासामयायाससमुद्भूतप्रजागरः //

Translation

此偈（32）告诫：谛听并忆持圣言，能令心寂静，得正知见。

Word by Word

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• uccārite: when uttered
• uccārite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uccārita (कृदन्त; √car/√cār (धातु) with ud-; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कृदन्त (locative absolute with vākye)

• vākye: in a sentence/utterance
• vākye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute with uccārite)

• samudbhūta-mahā-śramaḥ: with great exhaustion arisen
• samudbhūta-mahā-śramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samudbhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū (धातु) with sam-ud-; क्त) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (‘great fatigue arisen’)

• śvāsa-kāsa-āmaya-āyāsa-samudbhūta-prajāgaraḥ: whose wakefulness is produced by breathlessness, cough, illness, and fatigue
• śvāsa-kāsa-āmaya-āyāsa-samudbhūta-prajāgaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + āmaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū (धातु), क्त) + prajāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमास (one whose wakefulness is caused by …)

Speaker

• Unnamed Purāṇic narrator/teacher addressing a listener.