Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 7
Devanagari script
कर्मणा बध्यते जन्तुर् विद्यया च विमुच्यते तस्मात् कर्म न कुर्वन्ति यतयः पारदर्शिनः //
Translation
ஏழாம் சுலோகம்—புராணம் கேட்பவன் புண்ணியப் பயனை அடைவான்।
Word by Word
karmaṇāby action/karma
karmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
badhyateis bound
badhyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bandh (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
jantuḥthe creature / embodied being
jantuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjantu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vidyayāby knowledge
vidyayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)
vimucyateis released
vimucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√muc (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative used adverbially (तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभाववत्); ‘therefore/from that’
karmaaction/ritual work
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle (निषेध)
kurvantido
kurvanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
yatayaḥascetics
yatayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pāra-darśinaḥthose who see the far shore / the beyond
pāra-darśinaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāra (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pāraṃ paśyanti’/‘pārasya darśinaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies ‘yatayaḥ’
Speaker
Not specified in the given excerpt (didactic voice continuing within the chapter).