Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्याम परमं द्विज मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किंतु दुःखान्तरं भवेत् //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 80) ne contient pas le texte sanskrit dans la demande ; il est donc impossible d’en donner une traduction exacte.

Word by Word

• pravṛtti-lakṣaṇam: characterized by activity
• pravṛtti-lakṣaṇam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘pravṛtteḥ lakṣaṇam’; used adjectivally qualifying dharmam

• dharmam: dharma/duty
• dharmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2), Singular

• paśyāma: we see
• paśyāma: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 1st person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• paramam: supreme/highest
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2), Singular; adjective qualifying dharmam

• dvija: O twice-born (brahmin)
• dvija: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8), Singular

• magnasya: of (one) immersed
• magnasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: magna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6), Singular; adjective used substantively ‘of one immersed’

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic/causal particle (निपात)

• pare: supreme/other
• pare: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7), Singular; adjective qualifying jñāne

• jñāne: in knowledge
• jñāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7), Singular

• kimtu: but/however
• kimtu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kimtu (अव्यय)
• Form: Adversative conjunction (विरोधार्थक अव्यय)

• duḥkha-antaram: another suffering
• duḥkha-antaram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘duḥkhasya antaram’ (another sorrow)

• bhavet: might be/would occur
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

• Same dialogue voice addressing a dvija; sets up Vyāsa’s formal response