Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
श्लथग्रीवाङ्घ्रिहस्तो ऽथ प्राप्तो वेपथुना नरः मुहुर् ग्लानिपरश् चासौ मुहुर् ज्ञानबलान्वितः //
Translation
此偈（37）当以恭敬诵读，方能领会达摩之崇高道路。
Word by Word
ślatha-grīvā-aṅghri-hastaḥwith slack neck, feet, and hands
ślatha-grīvā-aṅghri-hastaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootślatha (प्रातिपदिक) + grīvā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅghri (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘whose neck, feet and hands are slack’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifies naraḥ
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (discourse particle: then/now)
prāptaḥhaving come/afflicted (arrived at that state)
prāptaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate with naraḥ
vepathunāwith trembling
vepathunā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvepathu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental of accompaniment/cause
naraḥthe man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
muhuragain and again
muhur:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhur (अव्यय)
Formकाल-अव्यय (adverb of time: repeatedly)
glāni-paraḥovercome by fatigue
glāni-paraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootglāni (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (upapada-like: ‘intent on/overcome by weariness’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate of asau
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
asauthat one, he
asau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
muhuragain and again
muhur:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhur (अव्यय)
Formकाल-अव्यय (adverb of time)
jñāna-bala-anvitaḥendowed with the power of understanding
jñāna-bala-anvitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘endowed with strength of knowledge’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate of asau
Speaker
Unnamed narrator/teacher describing the dying process to a listener.