Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
बहुमानम् अलब्धेषु लब्धे मध्यस्थतां पुनः विषयाणां च दौरात्म्यं विज्ञाय च पुनर् द्विजाः //
Translation
Le verset (39) poursuit l’enchaînement de l’enseignement, afin que l’auditeur saisisse le sens pur de l’Écriture.
Word by Word
bahu-mānamgreat respect/esteem
bahu-mānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) (bahu eva mānaḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
alabdheṣuin (things) not obtained
alabdheṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roota-labdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √labh धातु)
FormKṛdanta used substantively; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (or neuter by context), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
labdhein what is obtained / upon obtaining
labdhe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootlabdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √labh धातु)
FormKṛdanta used substantively; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन) (context: ‘when obtained/ in what is obtained’)
madhyasthatāmneutrality, equanimity
madhyasthatām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyasthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
punaḥagain, moreover
punaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
viṣayāṇāmof sense-objects
viṣayāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
daurātmyamwickedness, harmful nature
daurātmyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdurātman (प्रातिपदिक) → daurātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vijñāyahaving understood/knowing
vijñāya:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-jñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form (अव्ययकृदन्त)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
punaragain
punar:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Unspecified narrator/teacher addressing 'dvijāḥ' (twice-born) as audience