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

此偈（40）总结：正知与行持达摩，能导向安乐，并提升灵性境界。

Word by Word

• yat: even if (that which)
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; correlating with idam

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (सम्भावना/अपि)

• asya: of him/of this (person)
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• mahīm: earth/land
• mahīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada

• ratna-pūrṇām: filled with jewels
• ratna-pūrṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: ratnaiḥ pūrṇā ‘filled with jewels’

• imām: this
• imām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; agrees with mahīm

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle

• tataḥ: therefore/from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna-bhāva (हेतु/अपादानभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (ततः) ‘from that/therefore’

• śreyaḥ: the better/good
• śreyaḥ: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति)

• manyeta: would think/should consider
• manyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• tattva-vit: knower of reality
• tattva-vit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: tattvaṃ vetti ‘knower of truth’

Speaker

• Vyāsa (teacher voice) praising the value of adhyātma-rahasya