Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

धृतिमन्तो महाप्राज्ञाः सर्वभूतहिते रताः एवं परिमितं कालम् आचरन् संशितव्रतः //

Translation

अध्यायस्य अस्य षट्पञ्चाशत्तमः श्लोकः (५६) इति निर्दिष्टः।

Word by Word

• dhṛtimantaḥ: steadfast; endowed with fortitude
• dhṛtimantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhṛtimant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); possessive adjective -mant

• mahāprājñāḥ: greatly wise
• mahāprājñāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-prājña (प्रातिपदिक: महा + प्राज्ञ)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvabhūtahite: in the welfare of all beings
• sarvabhūtahite: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-bhūta-hita (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + भूत + हित)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'in the welfare of all beings'

• ratāḥ: devoted/engaged
• ratāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √ram रम्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); past participle used adjectivally: 'attached/delighting'

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakaraṇa (प्रकार/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय): 'thus/in this manner'

• parimitam: measured/limited
• parimitam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parimita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √mā मा with pari-)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kālam

• kālam: time/period
• kālam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ācaran: practising/performing
• ācaran: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (चर् धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'practising/performing'

• saṃśitavrataḥ: one of strict vows
• saṃśitavrataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśita-vrata (प्रातिपदिक: संशित + व्रत)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'one whose vow is sharpened/strict'

Speaker

• Unspecified narrator/teacher voice giving general instruction to a yogin/muni