Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि बुद्ध्या संयम्य तत्त्वतः सर्वतः प्रसृतानीह पिता बालान् इवात्मजान् //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 17) est tenu pour une parole sacrée du Purāṇa, propre à la dévotion et à l’étude.

Word by Word

• indriyāṇi: the senses
• indriyāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• pramāthīni: agitating, turbulent
• pramāthīni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-māthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of indriyāṇi

• buddhyā: by the intellect
• buddhyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• saṃyamya: having restrained
• saṃyamya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-yam (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having restrained’

• tattvataḥ: in truth, truly
• tattvataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• sarvataḥ: from all sides, everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• prasṛtāni: spread out, roaming
• prasṛtāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-sṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of indriyāṇi

• iha: here
• iha: Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• pitā: a father
• pitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• bālān: children
• bālān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• iva: like, as
• iva: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), upamā-vācaka particle (उपमावाचक)

• ātmajān: one’s own sons/offspring
• ātmajān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ātmanas jāḥ’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

Speaker

• Vyāsa instructing the sages