Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
कर्णौ त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी दश तानीन्द्रियोक्तानि द्वाराण्य् आहारसिद्धये //
Translation
This is verse (chapter 236, verse 10), revered as sacred utterance in the Brahma Purana.
Word by Word
karṇau(two) ears
karṇau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)
tvakskin (touch-organ)
tvak:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottvac (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
cakṣuṣī(two) eyes
cakṣuṣī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootcakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)
jihvātongue
jihvā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjihvā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
nāsikānose
nāsikā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnāsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
pañcamīthe fifth
pañcamī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal adjective)
daśaten
daśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural) (used adjectivally)
tānithose (things)
tāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
indriya-uktānicalled ‘sense-organs’
indriya-uktāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootindriya + ukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); उक्त (past passive participle, √vac ‘to say’)—‘called’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): indriyāṇām uktāni
dvārāṇidoors/gateways
dvārāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
āhāra-siddhayefor the accomplishment of intake/food
āhāra-siddhaye:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootāhāra + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: āhārasya siddhiḥ
Speaker
Implied continuation of Vyāsa’s discourse; listener not specified