Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 89
Devanagari script
सत्त्वस्य च गुणान् कृत्स्नान् रजसश् च गुणान् पुनः गुणांश् च तमसः सर्वान् गुणान् बुद्धेश् च सत्तमाः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 89) expose un enseignement vénérable selon la tradition puranique.
Word by Word
sattvasyaof sattva
sattvasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
kṛtsnānall/entire
kṛtsnān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying guṇān
rajasaḥof rajas
rajasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrajas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
punaḥagain/further
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
tamasaḥof tamas
tamasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvānall
sarvān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying guṇān
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
buddheḥof intellect
buddheḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
sattamāḥO best of the good
sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used as address/title
Speaker
A teacher/narrator instructs brahmin disciples/audience (addressed as viprāḥ/dvijāḥ/sattamāḥ in this passage).