Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
मनसश् चेन्द्रियाणां चाप्य् ऐकाग्र्यं परमं तपः विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मेभ्यः स धर्मः पर उच्यते //
Translation
يُكْرَمُ هذا البيت (رقم 18) بوصفه تعليماً طاهراً في البورانا، واضحاً ومهيباً.
Word by Word
manasaḥof the mind
manasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)
indriyāṇāmof the senses
indriyāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
aikāgryamone-pointedness, concentration
aikāgryam:
Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootaikāgrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); here as predicate-noun
paramamsupreme
paramam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of tapaḥ
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
vijñeyaḥto be known
vijñeyaḥ:
Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-jñā (धातु)
FormKṛdanta gerundive (तव्यत्/य), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); ‘to be known/understood’
sarva-dharmebhyaḥfrom all duties/laws
sarva-dharmebhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘sarve dharmāḥ’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
saḥthat
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
dharmaḥdharma, duty
dharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
paraḥhighest
paraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of dharmaḥ
ucyateis said
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्) present, Karmaṇi prayoga (कर्मणि प्रयोग/passive), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/sage instructing Brahmin seekers (address implied later as 'dvijāḥ')