Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

घटोपकरणे बुद्धिर् घटोत्पत्तौ न सा मता एवं धर्माद्युपायार्थे नान्यधर्मेषु कारणम् //

Translation

အခန်း ၄၂ — ပုရာဏာ၌ ဖော်ပြသကဲ့သို့ ရှင်ရသီတို့က သန့်ရှင်းသော ဓမ္မကို ကြေညာ하였다။

Word by Word

• ghaṭa-upakaraṇe: in the means/instrument for a pot
• ghaṭa-upakaraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ghaṭasya upakaraṇam)

• buddhiḥ: understanding/intention
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ghaṭa-utpattau: in the production of a pot
• ghaṭa-utpattau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ghaṭasya utpattiḥ)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• sā: that (understanding)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• matā: considered/held (to be)
• matā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: man (धातु) → mata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), agrees with sā

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• dharma-ādi-upāya-arthe: in the purpose of means like dharma
• dharma-ādi-upāya-arthe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + upāya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समासः: (dharma-ādi) कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः + (upāya-artha) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; overall: ‘in the purpose of means such as dharma’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• anya-dharmeṣu: in other dharmas
• anya-dharmeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; कर्मधारयः (anye dharmāḥ)

• kāraṇam: cause
• kāraṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

• Vyāsa continuing instruction (implicit)