Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 14

Devanagari script

द्वंद्वैर् न यत्र बाध्यन्ते मानसेन च कर्मणा समाः सर्वत्र मैत्राश् च सर्वभूतहिते रताः //

Translation

此偈（第14）标注于《梵天往世书》，但缺少梵文原句，无法作出符合学术规范的译文。

Word by Word

• dvaṃdvaiḥ: by pairs of opposites
• dvaṃdvaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvaṃdva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable negation particle (निषेध)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable, relative adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• bādhyante: are afflicted/tormented
• bādhyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bādh (बाध् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive-like sense ‘are afflicted’

• mānasena: by mind/mentally
• mānasena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially ‘mentally’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)

• karmaṇā: by action/deed
• karmaṇā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• samāḥ: equanimous
• samāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place/extent

• maitrāḥ: friendly
• maitrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sarvabhūta-hite: in the welfare of all beings
• sarvabhūta-hite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘in the welfare of all beings’

• ratāḥ: devoted/engaged
• ratāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (प्रातिपदिक; √ram क्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); past participle (क्त) used adjectivally ‘devoted/engaged’

Speaker

• Not specified in the excerpt.