Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 66
Devanagari script
श्रुतिवाक्योदितं सूक्ष्मं तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् उत्पत्तिं प्रलयं चैव भूतानाम् आगतिं गतिम् //
Translation
The wise should seek truth by abandoning pride and abiding in virtue.
Word by Word
śruti-vākya-uditamproclaimed by Vedic statements
śruti-vākya-uditam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + udita (कृदन्त; √vad/√ud? here udita ‘said/declared’, √vad with ud- prefix in sense ‘proclaimed’)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘śruti-vākyaiḥ uditam’ (declared by Vedic statements)
sūkṣmamsubtle
sūkṣmam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; agrees with tad/padam
tatthat
tat:
Vishaya/Subject (विषय)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular
viṣṇoḥof Viṣṇu
viṣṇoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular
paramamsupreme
paramam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; agrees with padam
padamstate/abode/footing
padam:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
utpattimcreation/origin
utpattim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootutpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular
pralayamdissolution
pralayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed
eva:
Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात): emphasis/only/indeed
bhūtānāmof beings
bhūtānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural
āgatimcoming/arrival
āgatim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootāgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
gatimgoing/destination
gatim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
Doctrinal exposition; speaker not named in excerpt