Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
घटोपकरणे बुद्धिर् घटोत्पत्तौ न सा मता एवं धर्माद्युपायार्थे नान्यधर्मेषु कारणम् //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं ‘४२’ इति संख्या दृश्यते। कृपया संस्कृतश्लोकं प्रददातु, तदा यथाशास्त्रं अनुवादः क्रियते।
Word by Word
ghaṭa-upakaraṇein the means/instrument for a pot
ghaṭa-upakaraṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ghaṭasya upakaraṇam)
buddhiḥunderstanding/intention
buddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ghaṭa-utpattauin the production of a pot
ghaṭa-utpattau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ghaṭasya utpattiḥ)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
sāthat (understanding)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)
matāconsidered/held (to be)
matā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootman (धातु) → mata (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), agrees with sā
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
dharma-ādi-upāya-arthein the purpose of means like dharma
dharma-ādi-upāya-arthe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + upāya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; समासः: (dharma-ādi) कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः + (upāya-artha) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; overall: ‘in the purpose of means such as dharma’
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)
anya-dharmeṣuin other dharmas
anya-dharmeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; कर्मधारयः (anye dharmāḥ)
kāraṇamcause
kāraṇam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
Speaker
Vyāsa continuing instruction (implicit)