Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 42
Devanagari script
तद् युष्मभ्यं प्रयच्छामि यन् मां पृच्छत सत्तमाः यन् मे मनसि वर्तेत यस् तु वो हृदि संशयः श्रुतं भवद्भिस् तत् सर्वं किम् अन्यत् कथयामि वः //
Translation
此偈（42）承接圣言，以条理分明之体例阐述达摩教义与古传知识。
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
yuṣmabhyamto you (all)
yuṣmabhyam:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; pronoun
prayacchāmiI give / I bestow
prayacchāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra+√yam (प्र+यम्, धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yatwhich (that)
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; relative pronoun referring to ‘that which’
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAccusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun
pṛcchatayou ask
pṛcchata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√prach (प्रछ्/पृच्छ्, धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sattamāḥO best of the good
sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsat (सत्, प्रातिपदिक) → sattama (सत्तम, तमप्-प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; superlative used as address
yatwhich (that)
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun
meof me / my
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; enclitic form
manasiin (my) mind
manasi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (मनस्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
vartetamay be / would occur
varteta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (वृत्, धातु)
FormOptative/benedictive sense (विधिलिङ्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular
yaḥwhich / that (doubt) which
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (तु, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
vaḥof you / your
vaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; enclitic form
hṛdiin the heart
hṛdi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛd (हृद्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (संशय, प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
śrutamheard (already)
śrutam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√śru (श्रु, धातु) → śruta (श्रुत, क्त-प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively ‘what has been heard’
bhavadbhiḥby you (honored ones)
bhavadbhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (भवत्, प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; honorific ‘you’
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
sarvamall
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (सर्व, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying tat/śrutam
kimwhat
kim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; interrogative pronoun
anyatelse / other
anyat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (अन्य, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used with kim
kathayāmiI tell / I explain
kathayāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kath (कथ्, धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular
vaḥto you
vaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; enclitic form
Speaker
Vyāsa addressing the gathered sages (munis), offering to resolve doubts