Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

श्रेष्ठं तत्र मनो विप्रा इन्द्रियाणि च भो द्विजाः आगच्छन्ति यथाकालं गुरोः संदेशकारिणः //

Translation

Le śloka 95, partie du Purāṇa, rappelle au chercheur de vérité d’honorer le Dharma.

Word by Word

• śreṣṭham: excellent / best
• śreṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण; here as predicate/qualifier (‘excellent’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे अपि (used in address/context)

• indriyāṇi: senses
• indriyāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: संबोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे अपि

• āgacchanti: come / arrive
• āgacchanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yathā-kālam: at the proper time
• yathā-kālam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable adverbial compound) ‘according to time/at the proper time’

• guroḥ: of the teacher
• guroḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃdeśa-kāriṇaḥ: those who carry out (his) message/instructions
• saṃdeśa-kāriṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; समास: सन्देश + कारिन् (‘message-doers’ = those who carry out the instruction/message)

Speaker

• Teacher/narrator addressing viprāḥ/dvijāḥ.