Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Informed Discourse on the Unmanifest (Avyakta), the 25 Tattvas, and Liberation, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
चतुर्विंशम् अगाधं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् एष ह्य् अप्रतिबुद्धश् च बुध्यमानस् तु ते ऽनघ //
Translation
This verse (22) is set down in the Purāṇa to recall Dharma and the sacred record of tradition.
Word by Word
caturviṃśamthe twenty-fourth (principle)
caturviṃśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturviṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); numeral-adjective used substantively
agādhamunfathomable / very deep
agādham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota-gādha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with caturviṃśam
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)
ṣaḍviṃśasyaof the twenty-sixth (principle)
ṣaḍviṃśasya:
Sambandha/Śeṣa (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaḍviṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
prabodhanātfrom the awakening/illumination
prabodhanāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpra-bodh-ana (प्रातिपदिक; from √budh धातु)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
eṣaḥthis (one)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
hiindeed / for
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic/causal sense
apratibuddhaḥnot yet awakened / unawakened
apratibuddhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-prati-buddha (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √budh धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)
budhyamānaḥbeing awakened / awakening
budhyamānaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√budh (बुध् धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); present passive participle (शानच्/मान) ‘being awakened/coming to know’
tubut / however
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), adversative/emphatic
teO you
te:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic form of ‘you’
anaghaO sinless one
anagha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootan-agha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
A teacher/sage addressing a royal or noble listener (honorific ‘anagha’).