Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्याम परमं द्विज मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किंतु दुःखान्तरं भवेत् //
Translation
ഈ ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ മൂല സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; അതിനാൽ കൃത്യമായ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല. ദയവായി ശ്ലോകം നൽകുക.
Word by Word
pravṛtti-lakṣaṇamcharacterized by activity
pravṛtti-lakṣaṇam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘pravṛtteḥ lakṣaṇam’; used adjectivally qualifying dharmam
dharmamdharma/duty
dharmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2), Singular
paśyāmawe see
paśyāma:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 1st person, Plural, Parasmaipada
paramamsupreme/highest
paramam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2), Singular; adjective qualifying dharmam
dvijaO twice-born (brahmin)
dvija:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8), Singular
magnasyaof (one) immersed
magnasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootmagna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6), Singular; adjective used substantively ‘of one immersed’
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic/causal particle (निपात)
paresupreme/other
pare:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7), Singular; adjective qualifying jñāne
jñānein knowledge
jñāne:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7), Singular
kimtubut/however
kimtu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkimtu (अव्यय)
FormAdversative conjunction (विरोधार्थक अव्यय)
duḥkha-antaramanother suffering
duḥkha-antaram:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootduḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1/2), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘duḥkhasya antaram’ (another sorrow)
bhavetmight be/would occur
bhavet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
Same dialogue voice addressing a dvija; sets up Vyāsa’s formal response