Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यत्र तद् ब्रह्म परमम् अव्यक्तम् अचलं ध्रुवम् अव्याकृतम् अनायामम् अमृतं चाधियोगवित् //

Translation

This verse (no. 13) is listed in the Brahma Purana, but since the Sanskrit text is missing, no meaningful, source-faithful translation can be supplied.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable, relative adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative used adjectivally

• brahma: Brahman
• brahma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with brahma

• avyaktam: unmanifest
• avyaktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• acalam: immovable
• acalam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-cala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhruvam: fixed/eternal
• dhruvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• avyākṛtam: undifferentiated/unexpounded
• avyākṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• anāyāmam: without strain/without extension
• anāyāmam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• amṛtam: immortal/nectar-like
• amṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-mṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)

• adhiyogavit: knower of the supreme yoga
• adhiyogavit: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-yoga-vit = adhi (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + vit (विद्-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष): ‘one who knows adhi-yoga’

Speaker

• Not specified in the excerpt.