Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

व्याधिमृत्युमहाघोरं महाभयमहोरगम् तमःकूर्मं रजोमीनं प्रज्ञया संतरन्त्य् उत //

Translation

Ayat ini (nombor 61) wajar dibaca dengan penuh hormat, sebagai naskhah purba untuk diingati dan diamalkan dalam Dharma.

Word by Word

• vyādhimṛtyumahāghoram: the very dreadful (state) of disease and death
• vyādhimṛtyumahāghoram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi + mṛtyu + mahā + ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘very terrible (thing) of disease and death’ (collective obstacle)

• mahābhayamahoragam: the great-serpent of great fear
• mahābhayamahoragam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhaya + mahā + uraga (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘great-fear (as) great serpent’ (metaphor)

• tamaḥkūrmam: the tortoise of darkness
• tamaḥkūrmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas + kūrma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘tortoise of darkness’

• rajomīnam: the fish of rajas (passion)
• rajomīnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas + mīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); ‘fish of passion/dust’

• prajñayā: by wisdom
• prajñayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃtaranti: they cross over
• saṃtaranti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + tṝ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• uta: indeed / also
• uta: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uta (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), often emphatic/also

Speaker

• Unspecified in excerpt; teaching voice describing the path of the wise/ascetics.