Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
यानि चान्यानि द्वंद्वानि प्राकृतानि शरीरिणाम् उत्पद्यन्ते विचित्राणि तान्य् एवात्माभिमन्यते //
Translation
This verse (no. 7) summarizes the sacred teaching so that the listener may understand and practice the path of Dharma.
Word by Word
yāniwhich (things)
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
anyāniother
anyāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying dvaṃdvāni
dvaṃdvānidualities/opposites
dvaṃdvāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
prākṛtāninatural/ordinary
prākṛtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootprākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying dvaṃdvāni
śarīriṇāmof embodied beings
śarīriṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīrin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
utpadyantearise/are produced
utpadyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootut√pad (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
vicitrāṇivariegated/wondrous
vicitrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying dvaṃdvāni
tānithose (things)
tāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण अव्यय)
ātmāthe self
ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
abhimanyateimagines/considers (as)
abhimanyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi√man (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
Speaker
Vasiṣṭha continuing the teaching