Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 6
Devanagari script
द्वाव् इमाव् अथ पन्थानौ यत्र वेदाः प्रतिष्ठिताः प्रवृत्तिलक्षणो धर्मो निवृत्तो वा विभाषितः //
Translation
षष्ठः श्लोकः—धर्मार्थं पुराणोक्तं वचनं श्रद्धया श्रूयताम्।
Word by Word
dvautwo
dvau:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
imauthese two
imau:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
athanow/then
atha:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/अथ-शब्दः)
panthānautwo paths
panthānau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpathin/panthan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; relative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
vedāḥthe Vedas
vedāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pratiṣṭhitāḥestablished
pratiṣṭhitāḥ:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ‘vedāḥ’
pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaḥcharacterized by activity (pravṛtti)
pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpravṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pravṛttyā lakṣaṇaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘dharmaḥ’
dharmaḥdharma / duty
dharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nivṛttaḥwithdrawn/cessation-oriented (nivṛtti)
nivṛttaḥ:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-√vṛt (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); (elliptically) ‘(dharmaḥ) nivṛttaḥ’
vāor
vā:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक)
vibhāṣitaḥis described/expounded
vibhāṣitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√bhāṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle used predicatively (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘(dharmaḥ) vibhāṣitaḥ’ = ‘is described’
Speaker
Vyāsa teaching the sages.