Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 30
Devanagari script
रश्मिजालम् इवादित्यस् तत्कालं संनियच्छति एवम् एवैष तत् सर्वं क्रीडार्थम् अभिमन्यते //
Translation
Verse (242.30) is listed in the Purana, but no Sanskrit original is provided here for translation.
Word by Word
raśmi-jālama net/cluster of rays
raśmi-jālam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootraśmi (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (raśmīnām jālam)
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; simile particle (उपमावाचक)
ādityaḥthe Sun
ādityaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tat-kālamthat time
tat-kālam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (saḥ kālaḥ)
saṃniyacchatirestrains / draws in
saṃniyacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-ni-√yam (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (अवधारण)
eṣaḥthis one (he)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative adjective qualifying sarvam
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
krīḍā-arthamfor play/sport
krīḍā-artham:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootkrīḍā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used adverbially as purpose; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (krīḍāyāḥ arthaḥ)
abhimanyatethinks/considers
abhimanyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√man (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada
Speaker
Unspecified in the provided excerpt