Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
राजसान् अशुभान् गन्धांस् तामसांश् च तथाविधान् पुण्यांश् च सात्त्विकान् गन्धान् स्पर्शजान् देहसंश्रितान् //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 59) présente un enseignement ancien, à examiner par le savant et à réciter avec foi par le dévot.
Word by Word
rājasānrajasic
rājasān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootrājasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies gandhān
aśubhāninauspicious / impure
aśubhān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies gandhān
gandhānsmells / odors
gandhān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgandha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāmasāntamasic
tāmasān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies gandhān (understood)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tathāvidhānof that kind / such
tathāvidhān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottathā + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘of such a kind’; qualifies gandhān (understood)
puṇyānpure / meritorious
puṇyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies gandhān
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
sāttvikānsattvic
sāttvikān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies gandhān
gandhānsmells / odors
gandhān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgandha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)
sparśajānarising from touch
sparśajān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsparśa + ja (प्रातिपदik)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘born of touch’; qualifies gandhān
dehasaṃśritāndwelling in the body
dehasaṃśritān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdeha + saṃśrita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; ‘resorted to/located in the body’; qualifies gandhān
Speaker
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (instructional voice addressing an audience that includes 'best of the twice-born' in nearby verses).