Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 33
Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga
Devanagari script
तस्मान्न वाच्यमेकेन बहुज्ञेनापि संशये / बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मा दूरतरा गतिः
Transliteration
tasmānna vācyamekena bahujñenāpi saṃśaye / bahudvārasya dharmasya sūkṣmā dūratarā gatiḥ
Translation
Therefore, in a matter of doubt, no single person—even one of great learning—should speak with finality; the course of dharma, with its many gates, is subtle and far-reaching.
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात्-शब्दः; अपादानार्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
vācyamshould be said
vācyam:
Kriya (क्रिया; विधेय/impersonal predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootvācya (कृदन्त, √vac वच्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/भाव्य) = 'to be said'
ekenaby one (person)
ekena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
bahu-jñenaby a very learned (person)
bahu-jñena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (बहुं जानाति = very learned)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)
saṃśayein doubt
saṃśaye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
bahu-dvārasyaof the many-doored
bahu-dvārasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (बहूनि द्वाराणि यस्य/बहुद्वारः)
dharmasyaof dharma
dharmasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
sūkṣmāsubtle
sūkṣmā:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
dūra-tarāfarther/more remote
dūra-tarā:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdūra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)
gatiḥcourse/way
gatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन