Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
ज्ञानेन परिसंख्याय सदोषान् विषयान् द्विजाः मानुषान् दुर्जयान् कृत्स्नान् पैशाचान् विषयांस् तथा //
Translation
ഇത് അഞ്ചാം ശ്ലോകം—ഗുരുസേവ, ദേവപൂജ, ശാസ്ത്രശ്രവണത്തിന്റെ മഹിമ വിവരിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
jñānenaby knowledge
jñānena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
parisaṃkhyāyahaving fully considered
parisaṃkhyāya:
Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√saṃkhyā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having fully enumerated/considered’
sa-doṣānwith faults
sa-doṣān:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (उपसर्ग/सह) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण to viṣayān
viṣayānobjects (of sense), domains
viṣayān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
dvijāḥO twice-born
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधन-प्राय (addressing)
mānuṣānhuman
mānuṣān:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण to viṣayān (understood)
durjayānhard to overcome
durjayān:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdur (उपसर्ग/प्रत्ययार्थ) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘hard to conquer’
kṛtsnānentire, all
kṛtsnān:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
paiśācāndemonic, of Piśācas
paiśācān:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaiśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण to viṣayān
viṣayānobjects/domains
viṣayān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
tathāalso, likewise
tathā:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Also)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb/particle)
Speaker
Vyāsa addressing the sages (didactic enumeration).