Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
पद्मतन्तुवद् आविश्य प्रवहन् विषयान् द्विजाः तत्र तान् प्रवहो वायुः प्रतिगृह्णाति चानघाः //
Translation
Ce passage n’indique que le nombre «70», servant de repère pour le verset dans cette section.
Word by Word
padma-tantu-vatlike a lotus-fiber
padma-tantu-vat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpadma (प्रातिपदिक) + tantu (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत्-प्रत्यय)
FormSimile indeclinable (उपमा-अव्यय): ‘like/as (vat)’
āviśyahaving entered
āviśya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-viś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समर्थ), ‘having entered/pervaded’
pravahanflowing/carrying along
pravahan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-vah (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘vāyuḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
viṣayānobjects (of sense)
viṣayān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयोगः (contextually ‘O twice-born’)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय): ‘there/in that (state)’
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
pravahaḥthe current/stream
pravahaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpravaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘vāyuḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (प्रवाह-स्वरूपः)
vāyuḥwind
vāyuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
pratigṛhṇātireceives/takes up
pratigṛhṇāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-grah (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
anaghāḥO sinless ones
anaghāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootanagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘dvijāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (संबोधन-प्रायः)
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing dvijāḥ (brahmins).