Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
बाल्ये मोहं च विज्ञाय पक्षदेहस्य चाशुभम् रागं मोहं च संप्राप्तं क्वचित् सत्त्वं समाश्रितम् //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 37) conclut la série par une exhortation à préserver le Dharma et à honorer la parole sacrée.
Word by Word
bālyein childhood
bālye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locus/time)
TypeNoun
Rootbālya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
mohamdelusion
moham:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
vijñāyahaving understood
vijñāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√jñā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having understood’
pakṣa-dehasyaof the winged body
pakṣa-dehasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive singular); तत्पुरुषः ‘body with wings / winged body’ (context-dependent)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
aśubhaminauspiciousness; evil
aśubham:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootaśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
rāgampassion; attachment
rāgam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootrāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mohamdelusion
moham:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
saṃprāptamattained; come about
saṃprāptam:
Karma (कर्म; object/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃprāpta (प्रातिपदिक; sam-√prāp→संप्राप्त, PPP)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with an implied neuter ‘state/condition’ or with the coordinated objects as a summarized predicate
kvacitsomewhere; at times
kvacit:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkvacit (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देश/कालवाचक अव्यय)
sattvamgoodness; sattva
sattvam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samāśritamresorted to; taken refuge in
samāśritam:
Karma (कर्म; object/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√śri (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘resorted to/embraced’
Speaker
Narrator/teacher addressing 'dvijāḥ' in the surrounding sequence