Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां स्वस्थानेष्व् एव सर्वशः आक्रम्य गतयः सूक्ष्मा वरत्य् आत्मा न संशयः //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 88) est tenu pour une parole sacrée dans le Purana.

Word by Word

• indriyāṇām: of the senses
• indriyāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (निपात)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying indriyāṇām

• sva-sthāneṣu: in their own places
• sva-sthāneṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• sarvaśaḥ: entirely/in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ā-kramya: having overstepped/overcome
• ā-kramya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√kram (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having stepped/overcome’

• gatayaḥ: movements/courses
• gatayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sūkṣmāḥ: subtle
• sūkṣmāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūkṣma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying gatayaḥ

• varati: moves/operates
• varati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ātmā: the Self
• ātmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Vyāsa to sages/dvijas