Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 63
Devanagari script
परया ह्य् अक्षरप्राप्तिर् ऋग्वेदादिमयापरा यत् तद् अव्यक्तम् अजरम् अचिन्त्यम् अजम् अव्ययम् //
Translation
Este verso (n.º 63) deve ser ouvido e estudado por quem busca conhecimento e serenidade.
Word by Word
parayāby the higher (knowledge)
parayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively: ‘by the higher (knowledge)’
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; causal/emphatic particle (हेतौ/निश्चये निपात)
akṣara-prāptiḥattainment of the Imperishable
akṣara-prāptiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootakṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + prāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘akṣarasya prāptiḥ’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ṛg-veda-ādi-mayāby that consisting of the Ṛgveda etc.
ṛg-veda-ādi-mayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṛg (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ṛgvedādi-mayā’ = ‘consisting of Ṛgveda etc.’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies aparā (vidyā)
aparāthe lower (knowledge)
aparā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘the lower (knowledge)’
yatwhich
yat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
tatthat
tat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); correlative pronoun
avyaktamunmanifest
avyaktam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to tat
ajaramageless
ajaram:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-jara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
acintyaminconceivable
acintyam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-cintya (प्रातिपदिक; from √cint चिन्त्)
FormGerundive/ya-participle (ण्यत्/यत् sense), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘not to be thought of’
ajamunborn
ajam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-ja (प्रातिपदिक; from √jan जन्)
FormKridanta adjective (नञ् + क्त/प्रातिपदिक usage), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘unborn’
avyayamimperishable/unchanging
avyayam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Doctrinal exposition; speaker not named in excerpt