Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 49
Devanagari script
कारुण्येनात्मनात्मानं तृष्णां च परितोषतः उत्थानेन जयेत् तन्द्रां वितर्कं निश्चयाज् जयेत् //
Translation
Verse (238.49) is supplied only as “49” without the Sanskrit original; therefore its content cannot be translated.
Word by Word
kāruṇyenaby compassion
kāruṇyena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāruṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmanāby oneself; with the self
ātmanā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmānamoneself; the self
ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tṛṣṇāmcraving; thirst
tṛṣṇām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)
paritoṣataḥfrom contentment; by satisfaction
paritoṣataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootparitoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
utthānenaby effort; by rising up
utthānena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootutthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jayetshould conquer
jayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootji (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tandrāmdrowsiness; lethargy
tandrām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottandrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vitarkam(distracting) thought; doubt
vitarkam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvitarka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
niścayātfrom determination; by resolve
niścayāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootniścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
jayetshould conquer
jayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootji (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).