Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
तस्माद् योगं मुने ब्रूहि विस्तरेण विमुक्तिदम् सांख्यं च द्विपदां श्रेष्ठ श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे वयम् //
Translation
ਇੱਥੇ ਕੇਵਲ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਸੰਖਿਆ 2 ਦੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਹੈ; ਮੂਲ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਉਪਲਬਧ ਨਹੀਂ।
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative-form used adverbially (tasmāt = ‘therefore/from that’), Hetu-artha (causal)
yogamyoga
yogam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
muneO sage
mune:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)
brūhitell; speak
brūhi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (धातु)
FormLoṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada
vistareṇain detail
vistareṇa:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); used adverbially = ‘in detail’
vimuktidamgranting liberation
vimuktidam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvimukti (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √dā धातु)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa: vimukti-da ‘giver of liberation’; Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular) qualifying yogam
sāṃkhyamSāṃkhya (doctrine)
sāṃkhyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, Samuccaya (conjunction ‘and’)
dvipadāmof bipeds (men)
dvipadām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdvipad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine) / collective sense, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana (Plural)
śreṣṭhaO best
śreṣṭha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootśreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)
śrotumto hear
śrotum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormTumun infinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to hear’
icchāmahewe desire
icchāmahe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootiṣ (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present), Uttama puruṣa (1st person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (Pronoun), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
Speaker
Sages addressing Vyāsa