Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

गतासूनां च सत्त्वानां देहान् भित्त्वा तथा शुभान् वासं कुलेषु जन्तूनां मरणाय धृतात्मनाम् //

Translation

นี่คือโศลกที่ 40 แห่งอัธยายะ 240

Word by Word

• gata-āsūnām: of those whose life-breath has departed (dead)
• gata-āsūnām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु) + asu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (gatāḥ asavaḥ yeṣām); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (qualifying sattvānām), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• sattvānām: of beings
• sattvānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dehān: bodies
• dehān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhittvā: having broken/penetrated
• bhittvā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form (अव्ययकृदन्त)

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• śubhān: auspicious, good
• śubhān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying dehān

• vāsam: dwelling, residence
• vāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuleṣu: in families/lineages
• kuleṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• jantūnām: of creatures
• jantūnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• maraṇāya: for death
• maraṇāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhṛta-ātmanām: of the self-controlled/steadfast-minded
• dhṛta-ātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhṛta (कृदन्त; √dhṛ धातु) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (dhṛtaḥ ātmā yeṣām); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (qualifying jantūnām), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

• Unspecified teacher/narrator addressing dvijāḥ (implied continuation)