Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

बहुमानम् अलब्धेषु लब्धे मध्यस्थतां पुनः विषयाणां च दौरात्म्यं विज्ञाय च पुनर् द्विजाः //

Translation

Ini adalah śloka ke-39 dari Adhyāya 240.

Word by Word

• bahu-mānam: great respect/esteem
• bahu-mānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) (bahu eva mānaḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• alabdheṣu: in (things) not obtained
• alabdheṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-labdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √labh धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta used substantively; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (or neuter by context), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• labdhe: in what is obtained / upon obtaining
• labdhe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: labdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √labh धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta used substantively; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन) (context: ‘when obtained/ in what is obtained’)

• madhyasthatām: neutrality, equanimity
• madhyasthatām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyasthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• punaḥ: again, moreover
• punaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• viṣayāṇām: of sense-objects
• viṣayāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• daurātmyam: wickedness, harmful nature
• daurātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durātman (प्रातिपदिक) → daurātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vijñāya: having understood/knowing
• vijñāya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-jñā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form (अव्ययकृदन्त)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

• Unspecified narrator/teacher addressing 'dvijāḥ' (twice-born) as audience