Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
आसुरान् विषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा वैश्वदेवांस् तथैव च देवर्षिविषयाञ् ज्ञात्वा योगानाम् अपि वै परान् //
Translation
അഷ്ടമ ശ്ലോകം—ഇവിടെ ബ്രഹ്മപുരാണത്തിൽ പവിത്ര തത്ത്വം നിരൂപിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
āsurānasuric (ones)
āsurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootāsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively
viṣayānobjects/domains
viṣayān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having known’
vaiśvadevāṃsthe Viśvadevas
vaiśvadevāṃs:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśvadeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
tathāthus/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Nipāta (निपात; emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
devarṣi-viṣayāndomains of the divine seers
devarṣi-viṣayān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdevarṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: devarṣīṇāṃ viṣayāḥ); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having known’
yogānāmof yogas / disciplines
yogānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
apialso/even
api:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात; emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
parānhigher/supreme
parān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies (viṣayān) understood
Speaker
Vyāsa continuing the Sāṃkhya-aligned instruction.