Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 33
Devanagari script
रहस्यं सर्ववेदानाम् अनैतिह्यम् अनागमम् आत्मप्रत्यायकं शास्त्रम् इदं पुत्रानुशासनम् //
Translation
ಇದು ತ್ರಯಸ್ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ತಮ ಶ್ಲೋಕ-ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ; ಮೂಲವಾಕ್ಯಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ.
Word by Word
rahasyamsecret/inner teaching
rahasyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा), Ekavacana
sarva-vedānāmof all the Vedas
sarva-vedānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘of all Vedas’; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
anaitihyamnot based on mere tradition/hearsay
anaitihyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan- (नञ्) + aitihya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa (negated) used adjectivally
anāgamamnot (mere) scripture/received report; not dependent on external authority
anāgamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan- (नञ्) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa (negated) used adjectivally
ātma-pratyāyakamself-evidencing (about the Self)
ātma-pratyāyakam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootātman (आत्मन्) + pratyāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘self-verifying/causing conviction of the Self’; Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; qualifying śāstram
śāstramteaching/treatise
śāstram:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
idamthis
idam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; deictic pronoun qualifying śāstram/anuśāsanam
putra-anuśāsanaminstruction for sons
putra-anuśāsanam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक) + anuśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘instruction to/for sons’; Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; appositional to śāstram
Speaker
Teacher-to-disciple/son framing implied by ‘putrānuśāsanam’; exact names not given in excerpt.