Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नैवान्तं कारणस्येयाद् यद्य् अपि स्यान् मनोजवः तस्मात् सूक्ष्मतरं नास्ति नास्ति स्थूलतरं तथा //

Translation

هذه الآية (الفصل 236، الآية 29) محفوظة في البورانا لتكون دليلًا للتعبّد ولتعميق الفهم للتعاليم.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण-अव्यय)

• antam: end/limit
• antam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• kāraṇasya: of the cause
• kāraṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• iyāt: would reach/go
• iyāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (इ धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional particle (शर्त-अव्यय)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Concession)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Concessive particle (अपि), 'even/although'

• syāt: were/would be
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• manojavaḥ: speed of mind (mind-swiftness)
• manojavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas + java (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + जव)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya: manasaḥ iva javaḥ / manasaḥ javaḥ (मनसः जवः)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); pronominal

• sūkṣmataram: more subtle
• sūkṣmataram: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of 'nāsti')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); comparative degree (तर) used predicatively

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• asti: exists
• asti: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sthūlataraṃ: more gross
• sthūlataraṃ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of 'nāsti')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); comparative degree (तर) used predicatively

• tathā: likewise/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय), 'thus/likewise'

Speaker

• Not specified in the provided excerpt.