Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 60
Devanagari script
छित्त्वात्मज्ञानशस्त्रेण तपोदण्डेन सत्तमाः ततो दुःखादिकं घोरं चिन्ताशोकमहाह्रदम् //
Translation
Dieser Vers (Nr. 60) wird in der puranischen Überlieferung bewahrt, um den Sinn des Dharma zu erhellen und den Glauben des Lesers zu stärken.
Word by Word
chittvāhaving cut
chittvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootchid (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having cut’
ātmajñānaśastreṇawith the weapon of self-knowledge
ātmajñānaśastreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootātma + jñāna + śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘weapon of self-knowledge’
tapodaṇḍenawith the staff of austerity
tapodaṇḍena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘rod/staff of austerity’
sattamāḥthe best of the good (noble ones)
sattamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsat + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); superlative formation; used substantively
tataḥthen / thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय) meaning ‘then/from there’
duḥkhādikamsorrow etc.
duḥkhādikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootduḥkha + ādi + ka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘suffering and the like’
ghoramterrible
ghoram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootghora (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies duḥkhādikam / hradam (contextual)
cintāśokamahāhradamthe great lake of anxiety and grief
cintāśokamahāhradam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcintā + śoka + mahā + hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great lake of anxiety and grief’
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt; didactic narrator addressing spiritual aspirants.