Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 14
Devanagari script
द्वंद्वैर् न यत्र बाध्यन्ते मानसेन च कर्मणा समाः सर्वत्र मैत्राश् च सर्वभूतहिते रताः //
Translation
This verse (no. 14) is noted in the Brahma Purana, but without the Sanskrit original a scholarly reliable translation cannot be produced.
Word by Word
dvaṃdvaiḥby pairs of opposites
dvaṃdvaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable negation particle (निषेध)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable, relative adverb of place (देशवाचक)
bādhyanteare afflicted/tormented
bādhyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bādh (बाध् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive-like sense ‘are afflicted’
mānasenaby mind/mentally
mānasena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially ‘mentally’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)
karmaṇāby action/deed
karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samāḥequanimous
samāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarvatraeverywhere
sarvatra:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place/extent
maitrāḥfriendly
maitrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmaitra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)
sarvabhūta-hitein the welfare of all beings
sarvabhūta-hite:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘in the welfare of all beings’
ratāḥdevoted/engaged
ratāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootrata (प्रातिपदिक; √ram क्त)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); past participle (क्त) used adjectivally ‘devoted/engaged’
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt.