Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
अशब्दस्पर्शरूपं तच् चारसागन्धम् अव्ययम् अशरीरं शरीरे स्वे निरीक्षेत निरिन्द्रियम् //
Translation
अस्य श्लोकस्य मूलपाठः प्रदत्तः नास्ति; अतः यथार्थानुवादः कर्तुं न शक्यते। कृपया संस्कृतश्लोकं प्रददातु।
Word by Word
aśabda-sparśa-rūpamwithout sound, touch, and form
aśabda-sparśa-rūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक) + sparśa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष (aśabda) + द्वन्द्व-समाहार within (śabda-sparśa-rūpa) functioning as one descriptor
tatthat (principle)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
a-rasa-gandhamwithout taste and smell
a-rasa-gandham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष (arasa) + तत्पुरुष (rasa-gandha as paired qualities)
avyayamimperishable; unchanging
avyayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
aśarīrambodiless
aśarīram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष
śarīrein the body
śarīre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
svein one’s own
sve:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with śarīre
nirīkṣetashould observe; should behold
nirīkṣeta:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnir-īkṣ (निर्-ईक्ष् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
nirindriyamsense-less; without organs
nirindriyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir- (निः उपसर्ग) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद/तत्पुरुष in sense ‘without senses’
Speaker
Unspecified teacher/narrator.