Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
विज्ञाय हितम् आत्मानं योगांश् च विविधान् द्विजाः तामसानां च जन्तूनां रमणीयानृतात्मनाम् //
Translation
Ayat suci ini (nombor 33) dalam Purana hendaklah dibaca dengan penuh hormat serta direnungi maknanya secara mendalam.
Word by Word
vijñāyahaving understood
vijñāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; gerundial modifier)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√jñā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund, ल्यप्), ‘having known/understood’
hitamwelfare; what is beneficial
hitam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā→हित, past passive participle used nominally)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmānamthe self
ātmānam:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yogānyogas; disciplines/means
yogān:
Karma (कर्म; object)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
vividhānvarious
vividhān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvividha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘yogān’
dvijāḥtwice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāmasānāmof tamasic
tāmasānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘jantūnām’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
jantūnāmof creatures
jantūnām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjantu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ramaṇīya-anṛta-ātmanāmof those whose nature is pleasing yet false
ramaṇīya-anṛta-ātmanām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootramaṇīya (प्रातिपदिक) + anṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (determinative), ‘anṛta-ātmā’ = ‘one whose self is false’; whole qualifies ‘jantūnām’
Speaker
Narrator/teacher addressing 'dvijāḥ'