Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

विषयाणां मनस् तेषां विद्याम् आहुर् मनीषिणः मनसः पञ्च भूतानि विद्या इत्य् अभिचक्षते //

Translation

Dieser Vers (5) ist im Purāṇa verzeichnet, um Dharma und das heilige Gedächtnis der Alten zu offenbaren.

Word by Word

• viṣayāṇām: of the objects (of sense)
• viṣayāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वलिङ्ग (Pronoun)

• vidyām: knowledge
• vidyām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• āhuḥ: they say
• āhuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• manīṣiṇaḥ: sages, wise ones
• manīṣiṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• manasaḥ: of the mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/पञ्चमी (Genitive/Ablative 6th/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (Numeral adjective), अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like), भूतानि इति विशेष्येण संबद्धम्

• bhūtāni: elements, beings (here: elements)
• bhūtāni: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• vidyā: knowledge
• vidyā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• abhicakṣate: they declare, they call
• abhicakṣate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

• Vasiṣṭha to the king; attribution to the wise (manīṣiṇaḥ).