Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सर्वत्यागेन मेधया सांख्ये वा यदि वा योग एतत् पृष्टो वदस्व नः //
Translation
ខគម្ពីរនេះបង្ហាញតែសញ្ញាលេខ «៤» ដោយគ្មានអត្ថបទសំស្ក្រឹត; ដូច្នេះមិនអាចបកប្រែអត្ថន័យបាន។
Word by Word
tapasāby austerity
tapasā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
brahmacaryeṇaby celibacy/discipline
brahmacaryeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahmacarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
sarva-tyāgenaby total renunciation
sarva-tyāgena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya-samāsa: sarva-tyāga ‘complete renunciation’; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
medhayāby intelligence
medhayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmedhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
sāṃkhyein Sāṃkhya
sāṃkhye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, Vikalpa (disjunctive ‘or’)
yadiif
yadi:
Nimitta (निमित्त)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, Conditional particle (‘if’)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, Vikalpa (disjunctive ‘or’)
yogein Yoga
yoge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (Pronoun), Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
pṛṣṭaḥ(you) having been asked
pṛṣṭaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √prach धातु)
FormKta participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); ‘having been asked’ (passive sense) referring to the addressee
vadasvaspeak; tell
vadasva:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु)
FormLoṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Ātmanepada
naḥto us
naḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (Pronoun), Caturthī vibhakti (Dative, 4th), Bahuvacana (Plural)
Speaker
Sages questioning Vyāsa