Brahma Purana — Bondage Through the Guṇas: Transmigration, Misidentification, and Ascetic Practices, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
प्रकृत्या सर्वम् एवेदं जगद् अन्धीकृतं विभो रजसा तमसा चैव व्याप्तं सर्वम् अनेकधा //
Translation
This is verse 33 of chapter 242 of the Brahma Purana, revered as a sacred utterance within the Purāṇic tradition.
Word by Word
prakṛtyāby/through Prakṛti (nature)
prakṛtyā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvamall (of it)
sarvam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
jagatworld/universe
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
andhīkṛtammade dark/blinded
andhīkṛtam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; predicate of jagat)
TypeVerb
Rootandhī√kṛ (धातु) (कृञ् करणे)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vibhoO all-pervading one
vibho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
rajasāby rajas (passion/activity)
rajasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootrajas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tamasāby tamas (darkness/inertia)
tamasā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
vyāptampervaded/spread
vyāptam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√vyāp (धातु) (व्याप् व्याप्तौ)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
anekadhāin many ways
anekadhā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Adverbial locus-manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanekadhā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
Speaker
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (address to 'vibho' indicates the listener is being spoken to as 'mighty one' or the deity is being addressed)