Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

आसुरान् विषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा वैश्वदेवांस् तथैव च देवर्षिविषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा योगानाम् अपि वै परान् //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 8) est conservé dans le Purana afin d’exposer clairement le Dharma et l’histoire sacrée.

Word by Word

• āsurān: asuric (ones)
• āsurān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āsura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively

• viṣayān: objects/domains
• viṣayān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having known’

• vaiśvadevāṃs: the Viśvadevas
• vaiśvadevāṃs: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśvadeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (निपात; emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• devarṣi-viṣayān: domains of the divine seers
• devarṣi-viṣayān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devarṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: devarṣīṇāṃ viṣayāḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having known’

• yogānām: of yogas / disciplines
• yogānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• api: also/even
• api: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (निपात; emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• parān: higher/supreme
• parān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies (viṣayān) understood

Speaker

• Vyāsa continuing the Sāṃkhya-aligned instruction.