Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
एवम् अव्यक्तविषयं मोक्षम् आहुर् मनीषिणः पञ्चविंशतिमो यो ऽयं ज्ञानाद् एव प्रवर्तते //
Translation
కట్టెలు లేనప్పుడు అగ్ని ఎలా కనిపించదో, అలాగే శరీరం నశించినప్పుడు ఆత్మ ఎక్కడా కనిపించదు (అది అవ్యక్తమవుతుంది).
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; adverb (रीतिवाचक)
avyaktaviṣayamhaving the unmanifest as its object
avyaktaviṣayam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta-viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (अव्यक्त) + तत्पुरुषः (अव्यक्तस्य विषयः)
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
manīṣiṇaḥsages/thinkers
manīṣiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pañcaviṃśatitamaḥthe twenty-fifth
pañcaviṃśatitamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca-viṃśati-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः/द्विगु-आधारः (pañcaviṃśati = 25) + तम (ordinal)
yaḥwhich/who
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
ayamthis
ayam:
Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
jñānātfrom knowledge
jñānāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (अवधारण)
pravartateproceeds/arises
pravartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-vṛt (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Narrative voice summarizing a philosophical conclusion (specific interlocutors not stated in this verse)