Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
सर्वात्मानं महात्मानं विधूमम् इव पावकम् प्रपश्यन्ति महात्मानं ब्राह्मणा ये मनीषिणः //
Translation
या अध्यायातील एकविसावा श्लोक—मूळ संस्कृत पाठ येथे उपलब्ध नाही; म्हणून केवळ सूचनात्मक अनुवाद दिला आहे।
Word by Word
sarva-ātmānamthe Self of all (the universal Self)
sarva-ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘sarveṣām ātmā’ (genitive relation); Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
mahā-ātmānamthe great-souled one
mahā-ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘mahān ātmā’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
vidhūmamsmokeless
vidhūmam:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of pāvakam
ivalike
iva:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), upamā-vācaka particle (उपमावाचक)
pāvakamfire
pāvakam:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
prapaśyantithey behold clearly
prapaśyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-paś (धातु; √paś=dṛś)
FormLaṭ (लट्) present, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
mahā-ātmānamthe great Self
mahā-ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘mahān ātmā’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
brāhmaṇāḥBrahmins
brāhmaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); relative pronoun referring to brāhmaṇāḥ
manīṣiṇaḥwise, thoughtful
manīṣiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of brāhmaṇāḥ
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/sage describing realization attained by wise Brahmins