Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एकादशविकारात्मा कलासंभारसंभृतः मूर्तिमान् इति तं विद्याद् विप्राः कर्मगुणात्मकम् //

Translation

ഇവിടെ മൂല ശ്ലോകം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; ‘17’ എന്ന സംഖ്യ മാത്രം കാണുന്നു. ദയവായി സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകുക, തുടർന്ന് വിവർത്തനം ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• ekādaśa-vikāra-ātmā: having the nature of eleven modifications
• ekādaśa-vikāra-ātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vikāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kalā-saṃbhāra-saṃbhṛtaḥ: filled with a collection of parts/kalās
• kalā-saṃbhāra-saṃbhṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhṛta (कृदन्त, क्त) from sam+bhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• mūrtimān: embodied
• mūrtimān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti-mant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• tam: him/that
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidyāt: one should know
• vidyāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative/Nominative plural form; here Vocative (8/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)

• karma-guṇa-ātmakam: having the nature of action and qualities
• karma-guṇa-ātmakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन), agreeing with tam

Speaker

• Narrative voice addressing Brahmins (viprāḥ); broader dialogue context continues in subsequent verses with Vyāsa speaking