Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
ज्ञानम् आत्मा महान् यच्छेत् तं यच्छेच् छान्तिर् आत्मनः तद् एतद् उपशान्तेन बोद्धव्यं शुचिकर्मणा //
Translation
Le verset (238.51) est indiqué seulement par «51» sans l’original sanskrit ; il est donc impossible d’en traduire le sens sacré.
Word by Word
jñānamknowledge
jñānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmāthe self
ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mahāngreat
mahān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying ātmā
yacchetshould restrain/hold
yacchet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyam (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tamthat (one/it)
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
yacchetshould restrain
yacchet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyam (धातु)
FormOptative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
śāntiḥpeace; tranquility
śāntiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmanaḥof the self
ātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
etatthis
etat:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
upaśāntenaby one who is fully calm
upaśāntena:
Karaṇa/Adhikartṛ (करण/अधिकर्तृ)
TypeAdjective
Rootupaśānta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally (शान्त-भाव), qualifying an implied agent
boddhavyamshould be understood
boddhavyam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (धातु)
FormGerundive/तव्यत् (obligative), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative Singular (प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन); impersonal: 'is to be understood'
śuci-karmaṇāby pure conduct; by pure action
śuci-karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय (śuci karma)
Speaker
Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).