Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 6

Devanagari script

द्वाव् इमाव् अथ पन्थानौ यत्र वेदाः प्रतिष्ठिताः प्रवृत्तिलक्षणो धर्मो निवृत्तो वा विभाषितः //

Translation

ഷഷ്ഠ ശ്ലോകം—ധർമ്മാർത്ഥം പുരാണോക്ത വചനം ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശ്രവിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• dvau: two
• dvau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)

• imau: these two
• imau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)

• atha: now/then
• atha: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/अथ-शब्दः)

• panthānau: two paths
• panthānau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin/panthan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; relative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)

• vedāḥ: the Vedas
• vedāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pratiṣṭhitāḥ: established
• pratiṣṭhitāḥ: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ‘vedāḥ’

• pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaḥ: characterized by activity (pravṛtti)
• pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pravṛttyā lakṣaṇaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘dharmaḥ’

• dharmaḥ: dharma / duty
• dharmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• nivṛttaḥ: withdrawn/cessation-oriented (nivṛtti)
• nivṛttaḥ: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√vṛt (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); (elliptically) ‘(dharmaḥ) nivṛttaḥ’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक)

• vibhāṣitaḥ: is described/expounded
• vibhāṣitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√bhāṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Past passive participle used predicatively (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘(dharmaḥ) vibhāṣitaḥ’ = ‘is described’

Speaker

• Vyāsa teaching the sages.