Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
प्रकृत्या च तया तेन तासु तास्व् इह योनिषु निर्ममस्य ममत्वेन विकृतं तासु तासु च //
Translation
This verse (no. 35) is recorded in the Brahma Purana, to be recited with reverence and examined with scholarly care.
Word by Word
prakṛtyāby/through nature
prakṛtyā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tayāby that (she/it)
tayā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tenaby that (he/it)
tena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tāsuin those
tāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāsuin those (again)
tāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ihahere
iha:
Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण/locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
yoniṣuin wombs/births
yoniṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
nirmamasyaof the desireless/possessiveness-free one
nirmamasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirmama (निर्मम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
mamatvenaby possessiveness (sense of mine)
mamatvena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmamatva (ममत्व-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vikṛtamdistorted/altered
vikṛtam:
Karma (कर्म/object; result state)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√kṛ (वि+कृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
tāsuin those
tāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāsuin those (again)
tāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
Speaker
Speaker describes repeated embodiment and how prakṛti generates mamatva-based distortion.