Shloka 13

Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन

Devanagari script

धर्माधर्मौं प्रलीयेते ह्यव्यक्ते प्राणिनां सदा / सत्त्वमात्रात्मको धर्मो गुणे सत्त्वे प्रतिष्ठितः

Transliteration

dharmādharmauṃ pralīyete hyavyakte prāṇināṃ sadā / sattvamātrātmako dharmo guṇe sattve pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

Dharma und Adharma der Wesen gehen stets im Unmanifesten auf. Dharma, von reinem Sattva-Wesen, ist im Sattva-Guna gegründet.

Word by Word

• dharma-adharmau: dharma and adharma
• dharma-adharmau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + adharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (द्वन्द्व) compound, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)

• pralīyete: dissolve, merge
• pralīyete: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√lī (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Dvivacana (द्विवचन)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• avyakte: in the unmanifest (avyakta)
• avyakte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (नञ् + vyakta) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāṇinām: of living beings
• prāṇinām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• sattva-mātra-ātmakaḥ: consisting solely of sattva
• sattva-mātra-ātmakaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound (sattva-mātra as qualifier of ātmaka), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• dharmaḥ: dharma
• dharmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• guṇe: in the quality (guṇa)
• guṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sattve: in sattva
• sattve: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: established, situated
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati+√sthā (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kridanta past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)