Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

समानमायया चेह सहवासम् अहं कथम् गच्छाम्य् अबुद्धभावत्वाद् इहेदानीं स्थिरो भव //

Translation

此为《梵天往世书》第244章第31颂；因缺少梵文原句，无法给出兼具学术与礼敬之准确译文。

Word by Word

• samāna-māyayā: by the same illusion
• samāna-māyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāna + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘samānā māyā’ (same illusion); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)

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

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• sahavāsam: cohabitation, living together
• sahavāsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular

• katham: how?
• katham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; interrogative adverb

• gacchāmi: do I go/enter
• gacchāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष) Singular

• abuddha-bhāvatvāt: because of the state of ignorance
• abuddha-bhāvatvāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-buddha + bhāva + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) with negation; Ablative (पञ्चमी) Singular (एकवचन), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग); hetu (cause) sense

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of time (कालवाचक)

• sthiraḥ: steady
• sthiraḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular; predicative adjective

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular

Speaker

• Didactic voice in a liberation teaching (speaker reflects on bondage to Māyā; addressee is the mind/self or an interlocutor in the dialogue context).