Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 40
Devanagari script
यद् अप्य् अस्य महीं दद्याद् रत्नपूर्णाम् इमां नरः इदम् एव ततः श्रेय इति मन्येत तत्त्ववित् //
Translation
یہاں اصل شلوک موجود نہیں؛ صرف “40” کی عددی علامت ہے۔ براہِ کرم سنسکرت متن دیں، پھر میں مقدس ترجمہ پیش کروں گا۔
Word by Word
yateven if (that which)
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; correlating with idam
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (सम्भावना/अपि)
asyaof him/of this (person)
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
mahīmearth/land
mahīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
dadyātshould give
dadyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
ratna-pūrṇāmfilled with jewels
ratna-pūrṇām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootratna (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ratnaiḥ pūrṇā ‘filled with jewels’
imāmthis
imām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; agrees with mahīm
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna-bhāva (हेतु/अपादानभाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः) ‘from that/therefore’
śreyaḥthe better/good
śreyaḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति)
manyetawould think/should consider
manyeta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootman (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada
tattva-vitknower of reality
tattva-vit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: tattvaṃ vetti ‘knower of truth’
Speaker
Vyāsa (teacher voice) praising the value of adhyātma-rahasya