Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अहंकारस् तु भूतानां पञ्चानां नात्र संशयः अहंकारस् तथा विद्या बुद्धिर् विद्या नरेश्वर //

Translation

Ce verset (6) expose l’ordre du Dharma et la manière dont les sages doivent le pratiquer avec révérence.

Word by Word

• ahaṃkāraḥ: ego-principle
• ahaṃkāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (contrast/emphasis)

• bhūtānām: of the elements
• bhūtānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• pañcānām: of the five
• pañcānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• ahaṃkāraḥ: ego-principle
• ahaṃkāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• vidyā: knowledge
• vidyā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• vidyā: knowledge
• vidyā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• nara-īśvara: O lord of men
• nara-īśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

Speaker

• Vasiṣṭha addressing the king (nareśvara).