Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
तामसा निरयं यान्ति राजसा मानुषान् अथ सात्त्विका देवलोकाय गच्छन्ति सुखभागिनः //
Translation
ज्याप्रमाणे दिवा लहान असो वा मोठा, तो प्रकाशरूपच असतो; त्याप्रमाणे सर्व प्राणिमात्रांमधील पुरुषाला (आत्म्याला) ज्ञानरूप समजावे.
Word by Word
tāmasāḥtamasic (persons)
tāmasāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); गुणवाचक-शब्दः—‘तमोगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)
nirayamto hell
nirayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniraya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yāntigo
yānti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धाातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
rājasāḥrajasic (persons)
rājasāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘रजोगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)
mānuṣān(to) human (births/worlds)
mānuṣān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
athaand then / moreover
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थ)
sāttvikāḥsattvic (persons)
sāttvikāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘सत्त्वगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)
devalokāyato the world of the gods
devalokāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—देवानां लोकः
gacchantigo
gacchanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sukhabhāginaḥpartakers of happiness
sukhabhāginaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsukha-bhāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—सुखस्य भागी
Speaker
Unspecified narrator/teacher continuing the doctrinal exposition.