Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 18
Devanagari script
देवो यः संश्रितस् तस्मिन् बुद्धीन्दुर् इव पुष्करे क्षेत्रज्ञं तं विजानीयान् नित्यं योगजितात्मकम् //
Translation
এখানে মূল শ্লোকটি দেওয়া নেই; শুধু ‘18’ সংখ্যা আছে। অনুগ্রহ করে সংস্কৃত পাঠ দিন, তারপর অনুবাদ করা হবে।
Word by Word
devaḥthe god / divine one
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun (यद्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃśritaḥhaving resorted to / abiding in
saṃśritaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam+śri (धातु) → saṃśrita (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
buddhi-induḥthe moon of intellect (intellect-moon)
buddhi-induḥ:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + indu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormSimile particle (उपमा-अव्यय)
puṣkarein a lotus / in a pond
puṣkare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
kṣetrajñamthe knower of the field (Self)
kṣetrajñam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra-jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tamhim/that
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vijānīyātone should understand/recognize
vijānīyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi+jñā (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक) used adverbially
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण)
yoga-jit-ātmakamwhose nature is conquered/attained by yoga
yoga-jit-ātmakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + jit (कृदन्त from ji धातु, क्त/क्विप्-आधारित) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन), agreeing with tam/kṣetrajñam
Speaker
Instructional voice; immediately followed by explicit ‘Vyāsa uvāca’ in v.21, suggesting a didactic passage within a sage-teaching frame