Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 78
Devanagari script
यद् अत्र तथ्यं तत्त्वं नो यथावद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि त्वदृते मानवं नान्यं प्रष्टुम् अर्हाम सत्तम //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 78) ne contient pas le texte sanskrit dans la demande ; il est donc impossible d’en donner une traduction exacte.
Word by Word
yatwhatever/that which
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
atrahere/in this matter
atra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (स्थानवाचक अव्यय)
tathyamtrue/real
tathyam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottathya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular; used adjectivally
tattvamprinciple/reality
tattvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular
naḥof us/for us
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic pronoun
yathāvatproperly/as it should be
yathāvat:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathāvat (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (रीतिवाचक अव्यय)
vaktumto say/to explain
vaktum:
Prayojana/Anukriya (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to speak’
arhasiyou are able/you ought
arhasi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
tvad-ṛteexcept you/without you
tvad-ṛte:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ṛte (अव्यय)
FormAvyayībhāva compound; indeclinable meaning ‘except you/without you’
mānavama man/human
mānavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2 विभक्ति), Singular
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
anyamanother (person)
anyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2), Singular
praṣṭumto ask
praṣṭum:
Prayojana/Anukriya (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to ask’
arhāmawe are able/we ought
arhāma:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada
sattamaO best one
sattama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsat-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8 विभक्ति), Singular; superlative ‘best among the good’
Speaker
Sages addressing the authoritative teacher (unnamed in excerpt).