Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 47
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच एतद् वो वर्णयिष्यामि यथावद् अनुदर्शनम् शृणुध्वं तद् इहैकाग्र्या यथातत्त्वं यथा च तत् //
Translation
Verse (47) is catalogued in the Brahma Purana, but the Sanskrit original is not supplied, so a faithful translation cannot be produced.
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
vaḥto you
vaḥ:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative 6th/4th), बहुवचन (Plural), एन्क्लिटिक; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)
varṇayiṣyāmiI will describe
varṇayiṣyāmi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvarṇ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भाव: ‘I will describe’
yathāvatproperly
yathāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathāvat (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) = ‘properly, in due manner’
anudarśanam(as) a direct exposition/illustration
anudarśanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanudarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
śṛṇudhvamlisten
śṛṇudhvam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
ihahere
iha:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेश-अव्यय (locative adverb)
ekāgryāḥ(you) one-pointed/attentive (ones)
ekāgryāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (eka-agra = one-pointed), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)
yathā-tattvamas it truly is
yathā-tattvam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) = ‘according to reality/truth’
yathāas
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) = ‘as/how’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
tatthat (indeed)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (emphatic)
Speaker
Vyāsa speaking to his listeners (unnamed interlocutors in this excerpt)