Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
विषयाणां मनस् तेषां विद्याम् आहुर् मनीषिणः मनसः पञ्च भूतानि विद्या इत्य् अभिचक्षते //
Translation
This verse (5) is recorded in the Purāṇa to disclose Dharma and the sacred remembrance of the ancients.
Word by Word
viṣayāṇāmof the objects (of sense)
viṣayāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
teṣāmof those
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वलिङ्ग (Pronoun)
vidyāmknowledge
vidyām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
manīṣiṇaḥsages, wise ones
manīṣiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmanīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
manasaḥof the mind
manasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/पञ्चमी (Genitive/Ablative 6th/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
pañcafive
pañca:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्याविशेषण (Numeral adjective), अव्ययवत् (indeclinable-like), भूतानि इति विशेष्येण संबद्धम्
bhūtānielements, beings (here: elements)
bhūtāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
vidyāknowledge
vidyā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formइति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
abhicakṣatethey declare, they call
abhicakṣate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√cakṣ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Vasiṣṭha to the king; attribution to the wise (manīṣiṇaḥ).