Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
आत्मानं बहुधा कृत्वा सो ऽयं भूयो युनक्ति माम् इदानीम् अवबुद्धो ऽस्मि निर्ममो निरहंकृतः //
Translation
Le verset (n° 37) est transmis dans le «Brahma Purana» afin d’éclairer le Dharma et la tradition sacrée.
Word by Word
ātmānamthe self
ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (आत्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bahudhāin many ways
bahudhā:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahudhā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)
kṛtvāhaving made
kṛtvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ayamthis (one)
ayam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūyaḥagain/further
bhūyaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (पुनरर्थक अव्यय)
yunaktiyokes/joins
yunakti:
Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√yuj (युज् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormAccusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
idānīmnow
idānīm:
Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootidānīm (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
avabuddhaḥawakened/understood
avabuddhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√budh (अव+बुध् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
asmiI am
asmi:
Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
nirmamaḥfree from possessiveness
nirmamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirmama (निर्मम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nirahaṃkṛtaḥfree from egoism
nirahaṃkṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir-ahaṃkṛta (निरहंकृत-प्रातिपदिक; nir + ahaṃkṛta)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Speaker declares awakening (avabodha) and the dropping of mamatva and ahaṃkāra.