Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

परित्यज्य निषेवेत यथावद् योगसाधनात् ध्यानम् अध्ययनं दानं सत्यं ह्रीर् आर्जवं क्षमा //

Translation

ଏହି ଅଧ୍ୟାୟର ତେପନତମ ଶ୍ଲୋକ—ମୂଳ ସଂସ୍କୃତ ପାଠ ଏଠାରେ ନାହିଁ; ତେଣୁ ଯଥାର୍ଥ ଅନୁବାଦ ସମ୍ଭବ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form; ‘having abandoned’

• niṣeveta: should practice/should resort to
• niṣeveta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√sev (सेव् धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• yathāvat: properly, as prescribed
• yathāvat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• yoga-sādhanāt: from the means/practice of yoga
• yoga-sādhanāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya sādhana)

• dhyānam: meditation
• dhyānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• adhyayanam: study
• adhyayanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dānam: giving/charity
• dānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• satyam: truthfulness
• satyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hrīḥ: modesty/shame (sense of propriety)
• hrīḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ārjavam: straightforwardness
• ārjavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārjava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṣamā: forbearance
• kṣamā: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).