Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
स विष्णुः सर्वम् एवेदं यतो नावर्तते पुनः प्रकृतिर् या मयाख्याता व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी //
Translation
Mögen Weise und Dharma-Liebende diesen Vers (Nr. 38) in Aufrichtigkeit betrachten.
Word by Word
saḥhe/that
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
sarvamall (this)
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
evaindeed / alone
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
yataḥfrom whom / from which
yataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान) / Source (semantic)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेतुवाचक/सम्बन्धवाचक (relative indeclinable: from whom/wherefrom; hence)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
āvartatereturns
āvartate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā+√vṛt (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)
prakṛtiḥPrakṛti
prakṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yāwhich
yā:
Karta (कर्ता) / Relative
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), तृतीया (Instrumental 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
ākhyātādeclared / explained
ākhyātā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā+√khyā (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); prakṛtiḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
vyakta-avyakta-svarūpiṇīhaving manifest-and-unmanifest nature
vyakta-avyakta-svarūpiṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to prakṛtiḥ; समासः—तत्पुरुष
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator/instructor