Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 36
Devanagari script
योनिषु वर्तमानेन नष्टसंज्ञेन चेतसा समता न मया काचिद् अहंकारे कृता मया //
Translation
This verse (no. 36) in the Brahma Purana should be read with reverence and with a clear grasp of its meaning.
Word by Word
yoniṣuin births/wombs
yoniṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
vartamānenaby one existing/abiding
vartamānena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (कृत्: शतृ), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
naṣṭa-saṃjñenaby one whose awareness/identity is lost
naṣṭa-saṃjñena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (नष्ट, √naś क्त) + saṃjñā (संज्ञा-प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
cetasāby the mind
cetasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootcetas (चेतस्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samatāequanimity/equality
samatā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsamatā (समता-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध अव्यय)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
kācidany (at all)
kācid:
Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite (काचित्)
ahaṃkārein egoism
ahaṃkāre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootahaṃkāra (अहंकार-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
kṛtāmade/done
kṛtā:
Karma (कर्म/result state)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Speaker confesses the psychological cause of bondage: loss of awareness and dominance of ego.