Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 35
Devanagari script
नवनीतं यथा दध्नः काष्ठाद् अग्निर् यथैव च तथैव विदुषां ज्ञानं मुक्तिहेतोः समुद्धृतम् //
Translation
एतत् पञ्चत्रिंशत्तमं श्लोकस्थानं ब्रह्मपुराणे निर्दिष्टम्; अस्य मूलपाठः अत्र न प्रदत्तः।
Word by Word
navanītambutter
navanītam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootnavanīta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā (or Dvitīyā) Ekavacana; in simile as extracted essence
yathāas
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, upamā-vācaka (comparative)
dadhnaḥfrom curd
dadhnaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootdadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Pañcamī (पञ्चमी/Ablative), Ekavacana
kāṣṭhātfrom wood
kāṣṭhāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative), Ekavacana
agniḥfire
agniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana
yathāas
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, upamā-vācaka
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/emphasis)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, samuccaya (समुच्चय/conjunction)
tathāso/thus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, prakāra-vācaka (manner), correlative to yathā
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, avadhāraṇa (emphasis)
viduṣāmof the wise
viduṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootvidvas (विद्वस् प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana
jñānamknowledge
jñānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
mukti-hetoḥfor the sake/cause of liberation
mukti-hetoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootmukti (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘cause of liberation’; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana
samuddhṛtamis thoroughly extracted/raised up
samuddhṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/result state)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ud-√hṛ (सम्+उद्+हृ धातु)
FormBhūta-kṛdanta (भूतकृदन्त) past passive participle (क्त): Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with jñānam
Speaker
Not specified; gnomic teaching.