Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इदं प्रियाय पुत्राय शिष्यायानुगताय तु रहस्यधर्मं वक्तव्यं नान्यस्मै तु कथंचन //

Translation

Verse (39) states that one who follows Dharma with sincerity receives protection and the grace of the Divine.

Word by Word

• idam: this (teaching)
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• priyāya: to a dear one
• priyāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• putrāya: to a son
• putrāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• śiṣyāya: to a disciple
• śiṣyāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• anugatāya: to an obedient one
• anugatāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anugata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय)

• rahasya-dharmam: the secret teaching/duty
• rahasya-dharmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्मधारय: rahasyaḥ dharmaḥ ‘secret dharma’

• vaktavyam: should be spoken/taught
• vaktavyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + tavya (कृत्) → vaktavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular; impersonal obligation ‘it should be spoken’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• anyasmai: to anyone else
• anyasmai: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle

• kathaṃcana: in any way (at all)
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) meaning ‘in any way/at all’

Speaker

• Vyāsa (teacher) specifying the proper transmission line—family or guru–śiṣya