Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
एवम् अव्यक्तविषयं मोक्षम् आहुर् मनीषिणः पञ्चविंशतिमो यो ऽयं ज्ञानाद् एव प्रवर्तते //
Translation
جب لکڑی نہیں ہوتی تو آگ نظر نہیں آتی۔ اسی طرح جب جسم فنا ہو جاتا ہے تو روح کہیں دکھائی نہیں دیتی (اگرچہ وہ موجود ہوتی ہے)۔
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; adverb (रीतिवाचक)
avyaktaviṣayamhaving the unmanifest as its object
avyaktaviṣayam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta-viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (अव्यक्त) + तत्पुरुषः (अव्यक्तस्य विषयः)
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
manīṣiṇaḥsages/thinkers
manīṣiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
pañcaviṃśatitamaḥthe twenty-fifth
pañcaviṃśatitamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca-viṃśati-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः/द्विगु-आधारः (pañcaviṃśati = 25) + तम (ordinal)
yaḥwhich/who
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
ayamthis
ayam:
Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
jñānātfrom knowledge
jñānāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (अवधारण)
pravartateproceeds/arises
pravartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-vṛt (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Narrative voice summarizing a philosophical conclusion (specific interlocutors not stated in this verse)