Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स्नातकानाम् इदं शास्त्रं वाच्यं पुत्रानुशासनम् तद् इदं नाप्रशान्ताय नादान्ताय तपस्विने //

Translation

この偈（36）はプラーナに伝わる聖なる句であり、ダルマの秩序と神聖な伝承を明らかにする。

Word by Word

• snātakānām: of the graduates/initiates (snātakas)
• snātakānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• śāstram: treatise/teaching
• śāstram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vācyam: to be recited/taught
• vācyam: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + ya (कृत्) → vācya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gerundive/Obligatory passive participle (णीयत्/यत्-अर्थे), Neuter, Nominative, Singular; agrees with śāstram

• putra-anuśāsanam: instruction of a son / instruction for sons
• putra-anuśāsanam: Apposition (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + anuśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: putrasya anuśāsanam

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• apraśāntāya: to one who is not calm
• apraśāntāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-praśānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; a- (नञ्) + praśānta

• na: nor/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• adāntāya: to one who is undisciplined
• adāntāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-dānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; a- (नञ्) + dānta

• tapasvine: to an ascetic
• tapasvine: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

• Teacher-to-disciple transmission implied; exact interlocutors not given in excerpt.