Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 5
Devanagari script
अस्ति धर्म इति युक्तं नास्ति तत्रैव यो वदेत् यक्षस्य सादृश्यम् इदं यक्षस्येदं भवेद् अथ //
Translation
This verse: “5” — may this reading become an inward offering and a key to knowledge.
Word by Word
astithere is
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
dharmaḥdharma
dharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)
yuktamis appropriate
yuktam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootyuj (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); 'युक्तम्' = proper/appropriate
nāstithere is not
nāsti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); न-निषेध (negated form)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेश-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (restrictive/emphatic particle)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
vadetwould say
vadet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
yakṣasyaof a yakṣa
yakṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
sādṛśyamresemblance
sādṛśyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootsādṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yakṣasyaof a yakṣa
yakṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
bhavetwould be
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
athathen/indeed
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तर/प्रसङ्ग-अव्यय (then/now; discourse particle)
Speaker
Vyāsa speaking to the sages.