Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 10
Devanagari script
ये तु बुद्धिं परां प्राप्ता धर्मनैपुण्यदर्शिनः न ते कर्म प्रशंसन्ति कूपं नद्यां पिबन्न् इव //
Translation
Verse 237.10 is recorded as item 10 in the Sanskrit manuscript, but the original śloka text is not available here, so a faithful translation cannot be produced.
Word by Word
yethose who
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative particle (विरोध/विशेषार्थक)
buddhimintelligence
buddhim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
parāmsupreme/higher
parām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘buddhim’
prāptāḥhaving attained
prāptāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast active participle (क्त-कृदन्त; ‘obtained’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ‘ye’
dharma-naipuṇya-darśinaḥthose who discern skill in dharma
dharma-naipuṇya-darśinaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + naipuṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (dharme naipuṇyaṃ; tasya darśinaḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘ye’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle (निषेध)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
karmakarma/action
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
praśaṃsantipraise
praśaṃsanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√śaṃs (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
kūpama well
kūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nadyāmin a river
nadyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pibandrinking
piban:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√pā (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘kūpam’ in simile: ‘(kūpaṃ) piban’
ivalike/as if
iva:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; simile particle (उपमार्थक)
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt.