Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
व्याधिमृत्युमहाघोरं महाभयमहोरगम् तमःकूर्मं रजोमीनं प्रज्ञया संतरन्त्य् उत //
Translation
Dieser Vers (Nr. 61) soll mit Ehrfurcht gelesen werden, als altes Zeugnis zum Gedenken und zur Ausübung des Dharma.
Word by Word
vyādhimṛtyumahāghoramthe very dreadful (state) of disease and death
vyādhimṛtyumahāghoram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvyādhi + mṛtyu + mahā + ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘very terrible (thing) of disease and death’ (collective obstacle)
mahābhayamahoragamthe great-serpent of great fear
mahābhayamahoragam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + bhaya + mahā + uraga (प्रातिपदik)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great-fear (as) great serpent’ (metaphor)
tamaḥkūrmamthe tortoise of darkness
tamaḥkūrmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottamas + kūrma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘tortoise of darkness’
rajomīnamthe fish of rajas (passion)
rajomīnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrajas + mīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘fish of passion/dust’
prajñayāby wisdom
prajñayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootprajñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃtarantithey cross over
saṃtaranti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ + tṝ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada
utaindeed / also
uta:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuta (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), often emphatic/also
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt; teaching voice describing the path of the wise/ascetics.