Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 91
Devanagari script
अपां गुणास् तथा विप्राः पार्थिवांश् च गुणान् अपि सर्वान् एव गुणैर् व्याप्य क्षेत्रज्ञेषु द्विजोत्तमाः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 91) fait partie de l’exposé ancien sur le Dharma et le monde.
Word by Word
apāmof waters
apām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootap (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
guṇāḥqualities
guṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
viprāḥO brahmins
viprāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used as address
pārthivānearthly/of earth
pārthivān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying guṇān
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (समुच्चय/अपि = also)
sarvānall
sarvān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying guṇān (understood)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
guṇaiḥby qualities
guṇaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
vi-āpyahaving pervaded
vi-āpya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi√āp (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having pervaded’
kṣetrajñeṣuin the knowers of the field (embodied selves)
kṣetrajñeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetrajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
dvija-uttamāḥO best of the twice-born
dvija-uttamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used as address
Speaker
Teacher/narrator to brahmin audience (viprāḥ, dvijottamāḥ).