Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

आसीनो हि रहस्य् एको गच्छेद् अक्षरसाम्यताम् प्रमोहो भ्रम आवर्तो घ्राणं श्रवणदर्शने //

Translation

Этот стих (57) следует читать с благоговением, чтобы постичь его древний и глубокий смысл.

Word by Word

• āsīnaḥ: seated
• āsīnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āsīna (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √ās आस्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past participle: 'seated'

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात): causal/emphatic

• rahasi: in secret; privately
• rahasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: rahasi (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय): 'in secret/privately' (historically locative of rahas)

• ekaḥ: alone/one
• ekaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• gacchet: should go/attain
• gacchet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• akṣara-sāmyatām: to the state of sameness with the imperishable (akṣara)
• akṣara-sāmyatām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara-sāmyatā (प्रातिपदिक: अक्षर + साम्यता)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); goal of motion/attainment

• pramohaḥ: delusion
• pramohaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramoha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhramaḥ: error/wandering
• bhramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• āvartaḥ: whirlpool; recurring cycle
• āvartaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ghrāṇam: smell; the nose faculty
• ghrāṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghrāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śravaṇa-darśane: hearing and sight
• śravaṇa-darśane: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa-darśana (प्रातिपदिक: श्रवण + दर्शन)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative Dual (प्रथमा/द्वितीया द्विवचन); dvandva: 'hearing and seeing'

Speaker

• Unspecified instructor voice addressing a yogic aspirant