Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 50
Devanagari script
मौनेन बहुभाषां च शौर्येण च भयं जयेत् यच्छेद् वाङ्मनसी बुद्ध्या तां यच्छेज् ज्ञानचक्षुषा //
Translation
Verse (238.50) contains only the number “50” and lacks the Sanskrit text; therefore an accurate translation cannot be given.
Word by Word
maunenaby silence
maunena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmauna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bahu-bhāṣāmmuch talkativeness
bahu-bhāṣām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय (bahvī bhāṣā)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)
śauryeṇaby courage
śauryeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśaurya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jayetshould conquer
jayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootji (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yacchetshould restrain
yacchet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyam (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
vāk-manasīspeech and mind
vāk-manasī:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (vāk ca manas ca)
buddhyāby intellect
buddhyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tāmthat (it)
tām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
yacchetshould restrain
yacchet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyam (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
jñāna-cakṣuṣāwith the eye of knowledge; by insight
jñāna-cakṣuṣā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: 'with the eye of knowledge' (jñānasya cakṣuḥ)
Speaker
Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).