Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
पूर्वे समुद्रे यः पन्था न स गच्छति पश्चिमम् एकः पन्था हि मोक्षस्य तच् छृणुध्वं ममानघाः //
Translation
Verso 43: Este ensinamento expõe a ordem do mundo e as funções dos devas.
Word by Word
pūrvein the eastern
pūrve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; qualifies samudre
samudreocean
samudre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
yaḥwhich/that
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun (यत्)
panthāḥpath
panthāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpathin/panthan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
saḥthat (path)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
gacchatigoes
gacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular
paścimamto the western (sea)
paścimam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaścima (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively with implied samudram
ekaḥone/only
ekaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; qualifies panthāḥ
panthāḥpath
panthāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpathin/panthan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic/causal
mokṣasyaof liberation
mokṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
tatthat (teaching)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun; object of śṛṇudhvaṃ
śṛṇudhvamhear (you all)
śṛṇudhvam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada, 2nd person (मध्यम-पुरुष), Plural
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun
anaghāḥO sinless ones
anaghāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootanagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; used as address
Speaker
Vyāsa addressing the sages (implicit continuation)