Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 36
Devanagari script
योनिषु वर्तमानेन नष्टसंज्ञेन चेतसा समता न मया काचिद् अहंकारे कृता मया //
Translation
یہاں شلوک کا اصل متن موجود نہیں؛ صرف “36” عدد دیا گیا ہے۔ براہِ کرم سنسکرت شلوک فراہم کریں، پھر میں درست ترجمہ کروں گا۔
Word by Word
yoniṣuin births/wombs
yoniṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
vartamānenaby one existing/abiding
vartamānena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (कृत्: शतृ), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
naṣṭa-saṃjñenaby one whose awareness/identity is lost
naṣṭa-saṃjñena:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (नष्ट, √naś क्त) + saṃjñā (संज्ञा-प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
cetasāby the mind
cetasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootcetas (चेतस्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samatāequanimity/equality
samatā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsamatā (समता-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध अव्यय)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
kācidany (at all)
kācid:
Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); indefinite (काचित्)
ahaṃkārein egoism
ahaṃkāre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootahaṃkāra (अहंकार-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
kṛtāmade/done
kṛtā:
Karma (कर्म/result state)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता/agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Speaker confesses the psychological cause of bondage: loss of awareness and dominance of ego.