Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 92
Devanagari script
आत्मा चरति क्षेत्रज्ञः कर्मणा च शुभाशुभे शिष्या इव महात्मानम् इन्द्रियाणि च तं द्विजाः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 92) doit être conservé comme un héritage de sagesse et de vénération.
Word by Word
ātmāthe Self
ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caratimoves/acts
carati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√car (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
kṣetrajñaḥknower of the field
kṣetrajñaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetrajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to ātmā
karmaṇāby action/deed
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
śubha-aśubhein the auspicious and the inauspicious
śubha-aśubhe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन); ‘in good and bad (acts/states)’
śiṣyāḥdisciples
śiṣyāḥ:
Upamana (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootśiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormComparative particle (उपमा-वाचक)
mahātmānamthe great self/person
mahātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
indriyāṇithe senses
indriyāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
tamhim/that (one)
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijāḥO twice-born
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used as address
Speaker
Teacher/narrator addressing dvijāḥ (brahmins).