Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
न ह्य् अयं चक्षुषा दृश्यो न च सर्वैर् अपीन्द्रियैः मनसा तु प्रदीप्तेन महान् आत्मा प्रकाशते //
Translation
This verse (no. 17) should be recited with reverence to grasp its ancient and profound meaning.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
ayamthis (one)
ayam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)
cakṣuṣāby the eye
cakṣuṣā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
dṛśyaḥvisible
dṛśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormPotential passive participle (यत्/कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
sarvaiḥby all
sarvaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine (नपुंसक/पुं), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)
apieven; also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
indriyaiḥby the senses
indriyaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)
manasāby the mind
manasā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAdversative particle (निपात)
pradīptenaby the kindled/illumined (mind)
pradīptena:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-dīp (प्र-दीप् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with manasā (understood)
mahāngreat
mahān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmāself
ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
prakāśateshines forth; is revealed
prakāśate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-kāś (प्र-काश् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/narrator continuing instruction to brāhmaṇas.