Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 1.13.396 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu. This is verse 396 contained in chapter 13 of book 1 (सृष्टिखण्ड, sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa).

Verse 1.13.396

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यस्यां योनौ पिता यातस्तां योनिं सेवसे कथम् ।
आत्ममांसोपमं मांसं कथं खादंति जंतवः ॥ ३९६ ॥

yasyāṃ yonau pitā yātastāṃ yoniṃ sevase katham |
ātmamāṃsopamaṃ māṃsaṃ kathaṃ khādaṃti jaṃtavaḥ || 396 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 1.13.396 is contained in the book Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation) by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The English translation by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan (2016)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.13.396). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Yona, Pitri, Yat, Yata, Yatri, Yah, Katham, Katha, Sopama, Mamsa, Khadat, Khadanti, Jantu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 1.13.396). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “yasyāṃ yonau pitā yātastāṃ yoniṃ sevase katham ”
yasyām -
yasyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

yā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[locative single]
yonau -
yona (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
yātas -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yā class 2 verb]

yātṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yo -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nim -
ni (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sevase -
√sev (verb class 1)

[present middle second single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ātmamāṃsopamaṃ māṃsaṃ kathaṃ khādaṃti jaṃtavaḥ ”
ātmam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṃ -
ā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sopamam -
sopama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sopama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sopamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
māṃsam -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
khādanti -
√khād -> khādat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √khād class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √khād class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √khād class 1 verb]

√khād -> khādantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √khād class 1 verb]

√khād (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
jantavaḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]