Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

शकुन्तानाम् इवाकाशे मत्स्यानाम् इव चोदके यथा गतिर् न दृश्येत तथा ज्ञानविदां गतिः //

Translation

Ang talatang ito (kabanata 236, saknong 25) ay itinatala bilang banal na pahayag sa Purana, para sa debosyon at pag-aaral.

Word by Word

• śakuntānām: of birds
• śakuntānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakunta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)

• ākāśe: in the sky
• ākāśe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• matsyānām: of fishes
• matsyānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: matsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)

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

• udake: in water
• udake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative adverb (यथा-तथा), manner (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)

• gatiḥ: movement/going
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• dṛśyeta: would be seen/appear
• dṛśyeta: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: so/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative adverb (यथा-तथा), manner (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)

• jñānavidām: of knowers of knowledge
• jñānavidām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna + vid (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञान + विद्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); Tatpuruṣa: jñānasya vid (ज्ञानस्य विद्)

• gatiḥ: course/way (state)
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Unspecified teacher/narrator.