Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
सिध्यन्ति चास्य संकल्पा विज्ञानं च प्रवर्तते धूतपापः स तेजस्वी लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः //
Translation
अस्य अध्यायस्य पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमः श्लोकः—मूलपाठोऽत्र न प्रदत्तः; अतः यथार्थानुवादः कर्तुं न शक्यते।
Word by Word
sidhyantiare accomplished
sidhyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sidh (सिध् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
asyaof him/of this person
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃkalpāḥintentions/resolutions
saṃkalpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vijñānamknowledge/discernment
vijñānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvijñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
pravartateproceeds/arises
pravartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
dhūta-pāpaḥwith sin removed
dhūta-pāpaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhūta (√dhū धू धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘dhūtaṃ pāpaṃ yasya/yenāsti’ (sin washed off)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tejasvīradiant/energetic
tejasvī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
laghu-āhāraḥlight in diet
laghu-āhāraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootlaghu (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः: laghuḥ āhāraḥ yasya/laghu-āhāraḥ
jita-indriyaḥsense-controlled
jita-indriyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjita (√ji जि धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: jitāni indriyāṇi yena (one who has conquered the senses)
Speaker
Didactic narrator/teacher voice addressing the aspirant (general instruction; specific interlocutors not named in these verses).