Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 67
Devanagari script
बुद्धिर् आत्मा मनुष्यस्य बुद्धिर् एवात्मनायिका यदा विकुरुते भावं तदा भवति सा मनः //
Translation
अस्य अध्यायस्य सप्तषष्टितमः श्लोकः—पाठाभावात् अर्थनिर्णयः न शक्यते; तस्मात् अनुवादोऽपि न शक्यते।
Word by Word
buddhiḥintellect
buddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmāSelf
ātmā:
Samanadhikarana (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); in apposition
manuṣyasyaof a human
manuṣyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
buddhiḥintellect
buddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), restrictive/emphatic
ātmanāyikāthe guide of the self
ātmanāyikā:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ātman-a-nāyikā = ‘leader/guide of the self’
yadāwhen
yadā:
Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
vikurutetransforms/changes
vikurute:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi + kṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
bhāvamstate/condition
bhāvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
bhavatibecomes
bhavati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sāthat (she/it)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Vidhaya (विधेय/Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative
Speaker
Not specified in the excerpt (didactic narration within a philosophical passage)