Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 10
Devanagari script
ये तु बुद्धिं परां प्राप्ता धर्मनैपुण्यदर्शिनः न ते कर्म प्रशंसन्ति कूपं नद्यां पिबन्न् इव //
Translation
Le verset 237.10 est enregistré comme le numéro 10 dans le manuscrit sanskrit, mais le texte original du śloka n’est pas fourni ici pour une traduction fidèle.
Word by Word
yethose who
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative particle (विरोध/विशेषार्थक)
buddhimintelligence
buddhim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
parāmsupreme/higher
parām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘buddhim’
prāptāḥhaving attained
prāptāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast active participle (क्त-कृदन्त; ‘obtained’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ‘ye’
dharma-naipuṇya-darśinaḥthose who discern skill in dharma
dharma-naipuṇya-darśinaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + naipuṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (dharme naipuṇyaṃ; tasya darśinaḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘ye’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle (निषेध)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
karmakarma/action
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
praśaṃsantipraise
praśaṃsanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√śaṃs (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
kūpama well
kūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nadyāmin a river
nadyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pibandrinking
piban:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√pā (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘kūpam’ in simile: ‘(kūpaṃ) piban’
ivalike/as if
iva:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; simile particle (उपमार्थक)
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt.