Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 8
Devanagari script
कर्मणा जायते प्रेत्य मूर्तिमान् षोडशात्मकः विद्यया जायते नित्यम् अव्यक्तं ह्य् अक्षरात्मकम् //
Translation
Verse 237.8 is designated as item 8 in the Sanskrit reference, but the śloka text is not provided here for translation.
Word by Word
karmaṇāby karma
karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jāyateis born/arises
jāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
pretyaafter death
pretya:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpra-√i (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), avyaya; ‘having died/after death’
mūrtimānembodied
mūrtimān:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmūrti-mat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ṣoḍaśa-ātmakaḥconsisting of sixteen (parts)
ṣoḍaśa-ātmakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣoḍaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ṣoḍaśabhiḥ ātmabhiḥ/avayavaiḥ ātmakaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vidyayāby knowledge
vidyayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
jāyateis born/arises
jāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; adverbial accusative (नित्यं)
avyaktamthe unmanifest
avyaktam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic/causal particle (निश्चय/हेतौ)
akṣara-ātmakamof the nature of the imperishable
akṣara-ātmakam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘akṣarasya ātmakaṃ’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘avyaktam’
Speaker
Not specified in the given excerpt (didactic voice).