Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एवं सप्तदशं देहं वृतं षोडशभिर् गुणैः मनीषी मनसा विप्राः पश्यत्य् आत्मानम् आत्मनि //

Translation

This verse (no. 16) continues the venerable and sacred exposition of the teaching.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• saptadaśam: seventeenfold; consisting of seventeen
• saptadaśam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptadaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समास (sapta + daśa = 17) used adjectivally

• deham: body
• deham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• vṛtam: covered; enveloped
• vṛtam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛ (वृ धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with deham

• ṣoḍaśabhiḥ: by sixteen
• ṣoḍaśabhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral used adjectivally

• guṇaiḥ: by qualities; by guṇas
• guṇaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• manīṣī: the wise one; sage
• manīṣī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• manasā: by the mind
• manasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• viprāḥ: O brahmins; sages
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); used as vocative-like address in context

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• ātmānam: the self
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ātmani: in the self
• ātmani: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Unspecified teacher/narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ).