Padma Purana [sanskrit]

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The Padma-purana verse 5.86.25 (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 25 contained in chapter 86 of book 5 (पातालखण्ड, pātālakhaṇḍa).

Verse 5.86.25

तेषां जन्म नृणां लोके ज्ञातव्यं निष्फलं नृप ।
द्रव्येषु विद्यमानेषु कृपणो यो भवेन्नरः ॥ २५ ॥

teṣāṃ janma nṛṇāṃ loke jñātavyaṃ niṣphalaṃ nṛpa |
dravyeṣu vidyamāneṣu kṛpaṇo yo bhavennaraḥ || 25 ||

The English translation of Padma Purana Verse 5.86.25 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:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.86.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Janma, Janman, Nri, Loka, Jnatavya, Nishphala, Nripa, Dravya, Vidyamana, Kripana, Yah, Nara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Padma Purana Verse 5.86.25). 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: “teṣāṃ janma nṛṇāṃ loke jñātavyaṃ niṣphalaṃ nṛpa
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nṛṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • jñātavyam -
  • jñātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñātavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñātavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • niṣphalam -
  • niṣphala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niṣphala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niṣphalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nṛpa -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “dravyeṣu vidyamāneṣu kṛpaṇo yo bhavennaraḥ
  • dravyeṣu -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • vidyamāneṣu -
  • vidyamāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    vidyamāna (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)
    [locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)
    [locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
    vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)
    [locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
  • kṛpaṇo* -
  • kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaven -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Verse 5.86.25

Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Preview of verse 5.86.25 in Bengali sript:
তেষাং জন্ম নৃণাং লোকে জ্ঞাতব্যং নিষ্ফলং নৃপ ।
দ্রব্যেষু বিদ্যমানেষু কৃপণো যো ভবেন্নরঃ ॥ ২৫ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Preview of verse 5.86.25 in Gujarati sript:
તેષાં જન્મ નૃણાં લોકે જ્ઞાતવ્યં નિષ્ફલં નૃપ ।
દ્રવ્યેષુ વિદ્યમાનેષુ કૃપણો યો ભવેન્નરઃ ॥ ૨૫ ॥

Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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Preview of verse 5.86.25 in Kannada sript:
ತೇಷಾಂ ಜನ್ಮ ನೃಣಾಂ ಲೋಕೇ ಜ್ಞಾತವ್ಯಂ ನಿಷ್ಫಲಂ ನೃಪ ।
ದ್ರವ್ಯೇಷು ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನೇಷು ಕೃಪಣೋ ಯೋ ಭವೇನ್ನರಃ ॥ ೨೫ ॥

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