Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
अहम् एव हि संमोहाद् अन्यम् अन्यं जनाज् जनम् मत्स्यो यथोदकज्ञानाद् अनुवर्तितवान् इह //
Translation
Verse 24: Therefore, let all uphold discipline, listen, and continue to teach this sacred word for the welfare of the world.
Word by Word
ahamI
aham:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
evaindeed, alone
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic particle)
hiindeed, for
hi:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निश्चय/हेतु-निपात (emphatic/causal particle)
saṃmohātfrom delusion
saṃmohāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃmoha (सम्मोह प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause)
anyamanother (person)
anyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (अन्य प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
anyamanother, different
anyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (अन्य प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying janam)
janātfrom a person
janāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (जन प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
janama person
janam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (जन प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
matsyaḥa fish
matsyaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmatsya (मत्स्य प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
yathāas, like
yathā:
Upamāna-dyotaka (उपमान-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)
udaka-jñānātfrom knowledge of water
udaka-jñānāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootudaka (उदक प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (ज्ञान प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उदकस्य ज्ञानम्)
anuvartitavānfollowed, kept to
anuvartitavān:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootanu-√vṛt (अनु√वृत् धातु; क्तवत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past active participle, क्तवत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि
ihahere, in this world
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)
Speaker
Same introspective voice within the teaching; implicitly instructive to the king-listener.