Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 73
Devanagari script
यदा प्रार्थयते किंचित् तदा भवति सा मनः अधिष्ठाने च वै बुद्ध्या पृथग् एतानि संस्मरेत् //
Translation
Ce śloka (73) rappelle qu’écouter, retenir et mettre en pratique le Dharma est le fondement du bien-être et de l’honneur.
Word by Word
yadāwhen
yadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
prārthayatedesires/asks for
prārthayate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√arth (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana; ‘requests/desires’
kiṃcitsomething
kiṃcit:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiṃcit (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
FormNapumsakaliṅga (neuter), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Eka-vacana; indefinite ‘something’
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
bhavatibecomes/is
bhavati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana
sāthat (she)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (fem.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Eka-vacana; pronoun, refers to buddhi (implied)
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Pradhāna (विधेय/प्राधान्य)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsakaliṅga (neuter), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Eka-vacana; predicate nominative
adhiṣṭhānein the basis/seat
adhiṣṭhāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootadhiṣṭhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsakaliṅga (neuter), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Eka-vacana
caand
ca:
Sam uccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
buddhyāby/with intellect
buddhyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (fem.), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Eka-vacana
pṛthakseparately
pṛthak:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpṛthak (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘separately’
etānithese (things)
etāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsakaliṅga (neuter), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahu-vacana (plural)
saṃsmaretshould remember
saṃsmaret:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√smṛ (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (Optative), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana; injunctive sense ‘should recollect/remember’
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt (didactic narration)