Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कर्मणा बध्यते जन्तुर् विद्यया च विमुच्यते तस्मात् कर्म न कुर्वन्ति यतयः पारदर्शिनः //

Translation

第237.7節はサンスクリット原典で第7句として掲げられていますが、ここには偈文が示されていないため翻訳できません。

Word by Word

• karmaṇā: by action/karma
• karmaṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• badhyate: is bound
• badhyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• jantuḥ: the creature / embodied being
• jantuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidyayā: by knowledge
• vidyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)

• vimucyate: is released
• vimucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative used adverbially (तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभाववत्); ‘therefore/from that’

• karma: action/ritual work
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle (निषेध)

• kurvanti: do
• kurvanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yatayaḥ: ascetics
• yatayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pāra-darśinaḥ: those who see the far shore / the beyond
• pāra-darśinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāra (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pāraṃ paśyanti’/‘pārasya darśinaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘yatayaḥ’

Speaker

• Not specified in the given excerpt (didactic voice continuing within the chapter).