Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
इन्द्रियाणि मनो युङ्क्ते अवश्यान् इव राजिनः मनश् चापि सदा युङ्क्ते भूतात्मा हृदयाश्रितः //
Translation
This verse (chapter 236, verse 12) should be read with reverence, so that Dharma may be understood.
Word by Word
indriyāṇithe senses
indriyāṇi:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yuṅkteyokes/controls
yuṅkte:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√yuj (युज्, धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
avaśyānunruly/ungoverned
avaśyān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootavaśya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘aśvān’)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparison)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)
rājinaḥof a charioteer
rājinaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootrājin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
manaḥthe mind
manaḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: ‘also/even’)
sadāalways
sadā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
yuṅkteyokes/joins
yuṅkte:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√yuj (युज्, धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
bhūta-ātmāthe embodied self
bhūta-ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: bhūtaḥ ātmā (the embodied self)
hṛdaya-āśritaḥdwelling in the heart
hṛdaya-āśritaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roothṛdaya + āśrita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); आश्रित (past passive participle, √śri ‘to resort’); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: hṛdaye āśritaḥ
Speaker
Implied continuation of Vyāsa’s discourse; listener not specified