Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

देवं मोक्षे च संयुक्तं ततो मोक्षं च न क्वचित् ज्ञात्वा सत्त्वगुणं देहं वृतं षोडशभिर् गुणैः //

Translation

Pour le verset 22 du chapitre 240, ni le sanskrit ni une glose anglaise ne sont fournis; il est donc impossible d’achever une traduction conforme au caractère sacré.

Word by Word

• devam: god
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• mokṣe: in liberation
• mokṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• saṃyuktam: joined/connected
• saṃyuktam: Bhāva (भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-yuj (संयुज् धातु)
• Form: Kta PPP; Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate 'joined' (with devaṃ ... mokṣe)

• tataḥ: thereafter / from that
• tataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (ablatival sense)

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle (निषेध)

• kvacit: anywhere / ever
• kvacit: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; indeclinable adverb (देश/काल)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), gerund; 'having known'

• sattvaguṇam: having the quality of sattva
• sattvaguṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattva + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifies deham

• deham: body
• deham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• vṛtam: covered
• vṛtam: Bhāva (भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (वृ धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त) PPP; Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; predicate/adjectival to deham = 'covered'

• ṣoḍaśabhiḥ: by sixteen
• ṣoḍaśabhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana

• guṇaiḥ: qualities
• guṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

Speaker

• Not specified in the provided excerpt.