Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अशब्दस्पर्शरूपं तच् चारसागन्धम् अव्ययम् अशरीरं शरीरे स्वे निरीक्षेत निरिन्द्रियम् //

Translation

此偈（第18）属古传记述之一，兼明达摩与历史传承。

Word by Word

• aśabda-sparśa-rūpam: without sound, touch, and form
• aśabda-sparśa-rūpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक) + sparśa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष (aśabda) + द्वन्द्व-समाहार within (śabda-sparśa-rūpa) functioning as one descriptor

• tat: that (principle)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• a-rasa-gandham: without taste and smell
• a-rasa-gandham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष (arasa) + तत्पुरुष (rasa-gandha as paired qualities)

• avyayam: imperishable; unchanging
• avyayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• aśarīram: bodiless
• aśarīram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्-तत्पुरुष

• śarīre: in the body
• śarīre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• sve: in one’s own
• sve: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with śarīre

• nirīkṣeta: should observe; should behold
• nirīkṣeta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-īkṣ (निर्-ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• nirindriyam: sense-less; without organs
• nirindriyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (निः उपसर्ग) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद/तत्पुरुष in sense ‘without senses’

Speaker

• Unspecified teacher/narrator.