Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
सांख्यज्ञाने च ये दोषांस् तथैव च गुणा द्विजाः सत्त्वं दशगुणं ज्ञात्वा रजो नवगुणं तथा //
Translation
Ce vers ne donne qu’un numéro, sans texte sanskrit à traduire de manière fiable.
Word by Word
sāṃkhya-jñānein Sāṃkhya knowledge
sāṃkhya-jñāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘सांख्यस्य ज्ञानम्’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)
yewhich (those)
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम)
doṣānfaults
doṣān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक निपात)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयार्थक निपात)
guṇāḥqualities
guṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रथमा (vocative sense)
sattvamsattva
sattvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
daśa-guṇamtenfold
daśa-guṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समासः—‘दश गुणा यस्य तत्’ (numerical determinative)
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वकालिक)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having known’
rajaḥrajas
rajaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrajas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nava-guṇamninefold
nava-guṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnava (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समासः
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
Speaker
Didactic voice addressing dvijas; introduces a Sāṅkhya-like numeric schema.