Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 33

Devanagari script

रहस्यं सर्ववेदानाम् अनैतिह्यम् अनागमम् आत्मप्रत्यायकं शास्त्रम् इदं पुत्रानुशासनम् //

Translation

Ang taludtod (33) ay dapat basahin nang may katapatan upang maunawaan ang katotohanan ng banal na kasulatan.

Word by Word

• rahasyam: secret/inner teaching
• rahasyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा), Ekavacana

• sarva-vedānām: of all the Vedas
• sarva-vedānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘of all Vedas’; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• anaitihyam: not based on mere tradition/hearsay
• anaitihyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an- (नञ्) + aitihya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa (negated) used adjectivally

• anāgamam: not (mere) scripture/received report; not dependent on external authority
• anāgamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an- (नञ्) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa (negated) used adjectivally

• ātma-pratyāyakam: self-evidencing (about the Self)
• ātma-pratyāyakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (आत्मन्) + pratyāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘self-verifying/causing conviction of the Self’; Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; qualifying śāstram

• śāstram: teaching/treatise
• śāstram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; deictic pronoun qualifying śāstram/anuśāsanam

• putra-anuśāsanam: instruction for sons
• putra-anuśāsanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + anuśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘instruction to/for sons’; Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; appositional to śāstram

Speaker

• Teacher-to-disciple/son framing implied by ‘putrānuśāsanam’; exact names not given in excerpt.