Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आध्यात्मिको ऽपि द्विविधः शारीरो मानसस् तथा शारीरो बहुभिर् भेदैर् भिद्यते श्रूयतां च सः //

Translation

द्वितीयः श्लोकः।

Word by Word

• ādhyātmikaḥ: the spiritual (type)
• ādhyātmikaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhyātmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात)

• dvi-vidhaḥ: twofold
• dvi-vidhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'twofold'

• śārīraḥ: bodily (type)
• śārīraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• mānasaḥ: mental (type)
• mānasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: and likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)

• śārīraḥ: the bodily (one)
• śārīraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bahubhiḥ: by many
• bahubhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); used with 'bhedaiḥ'

• bhedaiḥ: by distinctions/types
• bhedaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhidyate: is divided
• bhidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive/Ātmanepada form (कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrūyatām: let it be heard
• śrūyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal exhortation

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (अव्यय-संयोजक)

• saḥ: that (bodily type)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Vyāsa continuing instruction to viprāḥ (implied from preceding verse).