Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
तांस् तत्त्वविद् अनादृत्य साम्येनैव निवर्तयेत् कुर्यात् परिचयं योगे त्रैलोक्ये नियतो मुनिः //
Translation
This verse (59) should be preserved as an ancient record for scholarly study and devotional recitation.
Word by Word
tānthose (things)
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
tattvavitthe knower of truth
tattvavit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottattva-vit (प्रातिपदिक: तत्त्व + विद्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'knower of reality'
anādṛtyahaving disregarded
anādṛtya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootan-ā-dṛ (दृ धातु with ā-; idiom ā-dṛ = respect)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्): 'having disregarded/not heeding'
sāmyenaby equanimity
sāmyena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (निपात): emphasis/limitation
nivartayetshould cause to cease/turn back
nivartayet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormCausative (णिच्) base; Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
kuryātshould do/make
kuryāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
paricayampractice; familiarization
paricayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparicaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yogein yoga
yoge:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
trailokyein the three worlds
trailokye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottri-lokya (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + लोक्य)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'three worlds'
niyataḥdisciplined
niyataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √yam यम् with ni-)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'restrained/regulated'
muniḥsage
muniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Teacher-like narrator addressing an aspirant