Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तामसा निरयं यान्ति राजसा मानुषान् अथ सात्त्विका देवलोकाय गच्छन्ति सुखभागिनः //

Translation

جس طرح چراغ چھوٹا ہو یا بڑا، وہ روشنی کا مظہر ہوتا ہے، اسی طرح تمام جانداروں میں موجود روح کو علم کا مظہر سمجھنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• tāmasāḥ: tamasic (persons)
• tāmasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); गुणवाचक-शब्दः—‘तमोगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)

• nirayam: to hell
• nirayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• rājasāḥ: rajasic (persons)
• rājasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘रजोगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)

• mānuṣān: (to) human (births/worlds)
• mānuṣān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• atha: and then / moreover
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थ)

• sāttvikāḥ: sattvic (persons)
• sāttvikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘सत्त्वगुणयुक्ताः’ (substantivized adjective)

• devalokāya: to the world of the gods
• devalokāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—देवानां लोकः

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sukhabhāginaḥ: partakers of happiness
• sukhabhāginaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha-bhāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—सुखस्य भागी

Speaker

• Unspecified narrator/teacher continuing the doctrinal exposition.