Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 53
Devanagari script
यथा कूर्म इवाङ्गानि प्रसार्य संनियच्छति एवम् एवेन्द्रियग्रामं बुद्धिश्रेष्ठो नियच्छति //
Translation
एतत्त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमं श्लोकं ब्रह्मपुराणे; अस्य संस्कृतमूलं नोपलभ्यते।
Word by Word
yathājust as
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमान-अव्यय (comparative adverb: 'as/just as')
kūrmaḥtortoise
kūrmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkūrma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)
aṅgānilimbs
aṅgāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अत्र कर्म (object)
prasāryahaving stretched out
prasārya:
Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (Gerund/Absolutive); 'having extended'
saṃniyacchatidraws in/withdraws
saṃniyacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-ni-√yam (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formरीति-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/in this way')
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
indriya-grāmamthe collection of senses
indriya-grāmam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'group of senses'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
buddhi-śreṣṭhaḥthe intellect, as the chief
buddhi-śreṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'best of intellect' i.e., the intellect as chief); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
niyacchatirestrains/controls
niyacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√yam (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Vyāsa instructing