Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya-Yoga on Discerning Guṇas, Overcoming Bodily Doṣas, and Attaining Mokṣa, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

मोक्षदोषो महान् एष प्राप्य सिद्धिं गतान् ऋषीन् यदि तत्रैव विज्ञाने वर्तन्ते यतयः परे //

Translation

ไม่ได้ให้บทสันสกฤตต้นฉบับของโศลกนี้ จึงไม่อาจแปลได้อย่างถูกต้อง โปรดส่งข้อความโศลกมาให้ด้วย

Word by Word

• mokṣa-doṣaḥ: fault regarding liberation
• mokṣa-doṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘mokṣasya doṣaḥ’

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular; adjective qualifying doṣaḥ

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यप्): ‘having attained’

• siddhim: perfection/accomplishment
• siddhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2), Singular

• gatān: gone/attained
• gatān: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine, Accusative (2), Plural; qualifying ṛṣīn

• ṛṣīn: sages
• ṛṣīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2), Plural

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional particle (शर्त-अव्यय)

• tatra-eva: right there/there itself
• tatra-eva: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय) + eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb + emphatic particle

• vijñāne: in knowledge/realization
• vijñāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7 विभक्ति), Singular

• vartante: they remain/continue
• vartante: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada

• yatayaḥ: ascetics
• yatayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1), Plural

• pare: supreme/other/exalted
• pare: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1), Plural; adjective qualifying yatayaḥ

Speaker

• Implied interlocutor speaking to 'dvija' (brahmin); the dialogue continues into Vyāsa’s reply in v.81