Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
योगदोषान् समुच्छिद्य पञ्च यान् कवयो विदुः कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च भयं स्वप्नं च पञ्चमम् //
Translation
This verse is given only as “52”; the Sanskrit text is not provided for translation.
Word by Word
yoga-doṣānfaults of yoga
yoga-doṣān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya doṣāḥ)
samucchidyahaving cut off completely
samucchidya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ud-√chid (छिद् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form; ‘having completely cut off’
pañcafive
pañca:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective; Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine agreeing with yān
yānwhich (ones)
yān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
kavayaḥsages/poets
kavayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkavi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
viduḥknow
viduḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (विद् धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
kāmamdesire
kāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
krodhamanger
krodham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
lobhamgreed
lobham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootlobha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
svapnamsleep/dream
svapnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvapna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
pañcamamthe fifth
pañcamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormOrdinal adjective; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with svapnam
Speaker
Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).