Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
अनादिनिधनाव् एतौ उभाव् एवेश्वरौ मतौ तत्त्वसंज्ञाव् उभाव् एव प्रोच्येते ज्ञानचिन्तकैः //
Translation
Verse 12 of chapter 244 is regarded as an ancient record concerning Dharma; it should be heard and studied with a tranquil mind.
Word by Word
anādi-nidhanaubeginningless and endless
anādi-nidhanau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootanādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative): ‘without beginning and (without) end’
etauthese two
etau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
ubhāuboth
ubhāu:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण
īśvaraulords; sovereigns
īśvarau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
matauare regarded
matau:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootman (धातु) + kta (कृत्) → mata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — ‘considered/held to be’
tattva-saṃjñaucalled ‘tattva’
tattva-saṃjñau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘having the designation of tattva’
ubhāuboth
ubhāu:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण
procyeteare proclaimed
procyete:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual), आत्मनेपद (passive-like usage: ‘are proclaimed’)
jñāna-cintakaiḥby the contemplators of knowledge
jñāna-cintakaiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + cintaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural) — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘thinkers of knowledge’; agent-instrumental ‘by’
Speaker
Unspecified instructor voice continuing the explanation.