Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहम् अचेतसा क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैवैकम् अनया सह //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; केवलं “३९” इति सङ्ख्या दृश्यते। कृपया श्लोकं प्रददातु, तदा यथाशास्त्रं अनुवादं करिष्यामि।
Word by Word
anenaby/with this
anena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
sāmyamequanimity/equality
sāmyam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootsāmya (साम्य-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yāsyāmiI will go/attain
yāsyāmi:
Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (या धातु)
FormFuture tense (लृट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध अव्यय)
anayāby/with this (f.)
anayā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम; एतदर्थे अनया)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
acetasāwith an unmindful mind / unconsciously
acetasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootacetas (अचेतस्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially/instrumentally
kṣemamwelfare/security
kṣemam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣema (क्षेम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
sahātogether with
sahā:
Sahartha (सहार्थ/association marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (सह-अव्यय)
FormPrepositional indeclinable (सह; सहार्थक अव्यय)
anenawith this (one)
anena:
Sahakari (सहकारी/associate; instrument with saha)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध अव्यय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण अव्यय)
ekamone (single thing)
ekam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (एक-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
anayāwith this (f.)
anayā:
Sahakari (सहकारी/associate; instrument with saha)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम; एतदर्थे अनया)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
sahawith/together
saha:
Sahartha (सहार्थ/association marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (सह-अव्यय)
FormPrepositional indeclinable (सह; सहार्थक अव्यय)
Speaker
Speaker contrasts association with awakened discernment versus association with unconscious Māyā/Prakṛti.