Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 68

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणां पृथग्भावाद् बुद्धिर् विकुरुते ह्य् अनु शृण्वती भवति श्रोत्रं स्पृशती स्पर्श उच्यते //

Translation

Этот стих (№ 68) следует читать и изучать с благоговением и пониманием.

Word by Word

• indriyāṇām: of the senses
• indriyāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pṛthagbhāvāt: due to separateness
• pṛthagbhāvāt: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘state of separateness/distinctness’

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vikurute: modifies/transforms
• vikurute: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• anu: accordingly/thereupon
• anu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: Preverb/adverb (उपसर्ग/अव्यय): ‘accordingly, in sequence’

• śṛṇvatī: hearing (as it hears)
• śṛṇvatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with buddhiḥ

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• śrotram: ear (organ of hearing)
• śrotram: Karma (कर्म/Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); predicate complement after bhavati

• spṛśatī: touching (as it touches)
• spṛśatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with buddhiḥ (understood)

• sparśaḥ: touch (sense/organ)
• sparśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

• Not specified in the excerpt (didactic narration)