Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
शकुन्तानाम् इवाकाशे मत्स्यानाम् इव चोदके यथा गतिर् न दृश्येत तथा ज्ञानविदां गतिः //
Translation
Ce verset (chap. 236, v. 25) est consigné comme parole sacrée du Purana, propre à la dévotion et à l’étude.
Word by Word
śakuntānāmof birds
śakuntānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootśakunta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)
ākāśein the sky
ākāśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
matsyānāmof fishes
matsyānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmatsya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
udakein water
udake:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootudaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
yathājust as
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormCorrelative adverb (यथा-तथा), manner (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)
gatiḥmovement/going
gatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
dṛśyetawould be seen/appear
dṛśyeta:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāso/thus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormCorrelative adverb (यथा-तथा), manner (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)
jñānavidāmof knowers of knowledge
jñānavidām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna + vid (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञान + विद्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); Tatpuruṣa: jñānasya vid (ज्ञानस्य विद्)
gatiḥcourse/way (state)
gatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/narrator.