Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 64
Devanagari script
तथा मोहः प्रमादश् च तन्द्री निद्राप्रबोधिता कथंचिद् अभिवर्तन्ते विज्ञेयास् तामसा गुणाः //
Translation
This verse (no. 64) is preserved in tradition to sustain Dharma and to safeguard sacred remembrance.
Word by Word
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormParticle/adverb (निपात)
mohaḥdelusion
mohaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / item in list
TypeNoun
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Singular
pramādaḥheedlessness
pramādaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / item in list
TypeNoun
Rootpramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
tandrīdrowsiness
tandrī:
Karta (कर्ता) / item in list
TypeNoun
Roottandrī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Nominative (1), Singular
nidrā-prabodhitāḥawakened by sleep (sleep-induced)
nidrā-prabodhitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnidrā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabodhita (कृदन्त; pra-√budh बुध्, क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Plural; PPP used adjectivally; agrees with guṇāḥ; compound sense: निद्रया प्रबोधिताः (aroused by sleep)
kathaṃcitsomehow
kathaṃcit:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkathaṃcit (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'somehow/in some way'
abhivartantearise/occur
abhivartante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√vṛt (वृत्)
FormLaṭ (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahu-vacana; ātmanepada
vijñeyāḥto be known (as)
vijñeyāḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-jñeya (कृदन्त; √jñā ज्ञा, यत्/ण्यत्)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Plural; gerundive used predicatively: 'are to be known as'
tāmasāḥtamasic
tāmasāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Plural; qualifies guṇāḥ
guṇāḥqualities
guṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Nominative (1), Plural
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt.