Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 40
Devanagari script
यद् अप्य् अस्य महीं दद्याद् रत्नपूर्णाम् इमां नरः इदम् एव ततः श्रेय इति मन्येत तत्त्ववित् //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं “४०” इति सङ्ख्या दृश्यते। कृपया संस्कृतश्लोकं दत्त्वा तदनुसारं पवित्रानुवादं करिष्ये।
Word by Word
yateven if (that which)
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; correlating with idam
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (सम्भावना/अपि)
asyaof him/of this (person)
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
mahīmearth/land
mahīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
dadyātshould give
dadyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
ratna-pūrṇāmfilled with jewels
ratna-pūrṇām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootratna (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ratnaiḥ pūrṇā ‘filled with jewels’
imāmthis
imām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; agrees with mahīm
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna-bhāva (हेतु/अपादानभाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः) ‘from that/therefore’
śreyaḥthe better/good
śreyaḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति)
manyetawould think/should consider
manyeta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootman (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada
tattva-vitknower of reality
tattva-vit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: tattvaṃ vetti ‘knower of truth’
Speaker
Vyāsa (teacher voice) praising the value of adhyātma-rahasya