Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
तद् एतच् छ्रूयताम् अत्र संबन्धे गदतो मम द्वे ब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये शब्दब्रह्म परं च यत् //
Translation
This verse (no. 61) is recited with reverence to recall Dharma and the Supreme Truth.
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
etatthis
etat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada; passive sense ‘let it be heard’
atrahere
atra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)
saṃbandhein the context/connection
saṃbandhe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃbandha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
gadataḥof (me) speaking
gadataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeVerb
Root√gad (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); masculine/neuter form used with mama: ‘of me speaking’
mamaof me/my
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); 1st person pronoun
dvetwo
dve:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral; Neuter/Feminine, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Dual (द्विवचन)
brahmaṇītwo Brahmans (two aspects of Brahman)
brahmaṇī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
veditavyeto be known
veditavye:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); predicate adjective: ‘to be known’
śabda-brahmasound-Brahman (verbal Brahman)
śabda-brahma:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśabda (प्रातिपदिक) + brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘śabda-rūpaṃ brahma’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
paramsupreme
param:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying (brahma) understood
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)
yatwhich/that
yat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to paraṃ (brahma)
Speaker
Narratorial instruction (speaker not explicit in this excerpt) addressing listeners/disciples in a teaching context