Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
आध्यात्मिको ऽपि द्विविधः शारीरो मानसस् तथा शारीरो बहुभिर् भेदैर् भिद्यते श्रूयतां च सः //
Translation
This verse (2) belongs to the Purāṇa’s sacred teaching, fit for devotional recitation and scholarly inquiry.
Word by Word
ādhyātmikaḥthe spiritual (type)
ādhyātmikaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootādhyātmika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात)
dvi-vidhaḥtwofold
dvi-vidhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'twofold'
śārīraḥbodily (type)
śārīraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśārīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mānasaḥmental (type)
mānasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)
śārīraḥthe bodily (one)
śārīraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśārīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bahubhiḥby many
bahubhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); used with 'bhedaiḥ'
bhedaiḥby distinctions/types
bhedaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
bhidyateis divided
bhidyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhid (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive/Ātmanepada form (कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal exhortation
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (अव्यय-संयोजक)
saḥthat (bodily type)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Vyāsa continuing instruction to viprāḥ (implied from preceding verse).