Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 135
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
परमब्रह्मणे तस्मै नित्यमेव नमोनमः / कृते पुनः क्रिया नास्ति कुत एवाकृतक्रियाः
Transliteration
paramabrahmaṇe tasmai nityameva namonamaḥ / kṛte punaḥ kriyā nāsti kuta evākṛtakriyāḥ
Translation
لذلك البرهمن الأسمى، سجودٌ دائمٌ مرارًا. فإذا كان الأمر قد صار «مُنجَزًا» (kṛta) فلا تبقى بعده كِرْيَا؛ فكيف بمن لم يُنجِز عمله بعد (akṛta-kriyā)؟
Word by Word
परम-ब्रह्मणेto the Supreme Brahman
परम-ब्रह्मणे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; कर्मधारयः: परमं ब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
तस्मैto him/that
तस्मै:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNipāta used as indeclinable interjection; traditionally takes dative
नमःsalutation (again)
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRepetition for emphasis (पुनरुक्ति)
कृतेwhen it is done; after completion
कृते:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक; from √कृ (धातु) past passive participle)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; कृदन्त (क्त) used substantively: ‘when (it is) done/after completion’
पुनःagain; further
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
क्रियाaction; ritual act
क्रिया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
नnot
न:
Nishedha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
अस्तिexists/is
अस्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; with negation न → ‘is not’
कुतःwhence? how then?
कुतः:
Hetu-prashna (हेतु-प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
अ-कृत-क्रियाःthose who have not performed the action(s)
अ-कृत-क्रियाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअ (नञ्) + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु, क्त) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; समासः: अ-कृता क्रिया येषाम् (those whose actions are not done)