Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 31

Devanagari script

लक्षणं तु प्रसादस्य यथा स्वप्ने सुखं भवेत् निर्वाते वा यथा दीपो दीप्यमानो न कम्पते //

Translation

この偈（31）は『ブラフマ・プラーナ』に属し、百科的性格をもつ聖なる伝承として伝えられる。

Word by Word

• lakṣaṇam: mark/characteristic
• lakṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (निपात), adversative/emphatic particle

• prasādasya: of serenity/clarity (prasāda)
• prasādasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (षष्ठी/Genitive), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• yathā: as/just as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, upamā-vācaka (उपमा/relative adverb)

• svapne: in a dream
• svapne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Saptamī (सप्तमी/Locative), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• sukham: happiness/comfort
• sukham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• bhavet: may be/occurs
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/Optative), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• nirvāte: in a windless place
• nirvāte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Saptamī (सप्तमी/Locative), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (निपात), vikalpa (alternative)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, upamā-vācaka (उपमा/relative adverb)

• dīpaḥ: lamp
• dīpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा/1st case), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• dīpyamānaḥ: shining/burning
• dīpyamānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīp (दीप् धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (वर्तमानकृदन्त), Śatṛ/Śānac (शानच्) in Ātmanepada sense: dīpyamāna-, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; present participle (middle) qualifying dīpaḥ

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध) negation particle

• kampate: trembles/flickers
• kampate: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kamp (कम्प् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/Present), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

Speaker

• Not specified in the provided excerpt; instructional description.