Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
चक्षुः श्रोत्रं च मनसा मनो वाचं च कर्मणा अप्रमादाद् भयं जह्याद् दम्भं प्राज्ञोपसेवनात् //
Translation
Verse 42 (ch. 236) is missing its Sanskrit text. Please provide the original so the translation can preserve the scripture’s sacred register.
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cakṣuḥthe eye
cakṣuḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
śrotramthe ear
śrotram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśrotra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय/निपात)
manasāby the mind
manasā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
manaḥthe mind
manaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) (Vedic/poetic form manaḥ for manas)
vācāmspeech
vācām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) (form vācam)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय/निपात)
karmaṇāby action/deed
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
apramādātfrom vigilance/non-negligence
apramādāt:
Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootapramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jahyātshould abandon
jahyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothā (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); √hā ‘to abandon’
dambhamhypocrisy/pretence
dambham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdambha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
prājña-upasevanātfrom associating with the wise
prājña-upasevanāt:
Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootprājña (प्रातिपदिक) + upasevana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) [upasevana], Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: prājñasya upasevanam = service/association of the wise
Speaker
Vyāsa to brāhmaṇas