Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 66
Devanagari script
इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्य् अर्था अर्थेभ्यश् च परं मनः मनसस् तु परा बुद्धिर् बुद्धेर् आत्मा परः स्मृतः //
Translation
This verse (no. 66) is remembered as sacred utterance within the Purāṇic tradition.
Word by Word
indriyebhyaḥfrom the senses
indriyebhyaḥ:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
parāḥhigher
parāḥ:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used predicatively
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic/causal sense
arthāḥobjects (sense-objects)
arthāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
arthebhyaḥfrom the objects
arthebhyaḥ:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
paramhigher
param:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative with manaḥ
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
manasaḥfrom the mind
manasaḥ:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), adversative/contrastive
parāhigher
parā:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative with buddhiḥ
buddhiḥintellect
buddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
buddheḥfrom the intellect
buddheḥ:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmāSelf
ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
paraḥhigher
paraḥ:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative with ātmā
smṛtaḥis said/considered
smṛtaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predication)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त, क्तप्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as finite-like predicate ‘is said/considered’
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt.