Brahma Purana — Sāṃkhya–Yoga on the Great Self: Sense-Control, Inner Vision, and Liberation, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
तद् एवाणोर् अणुतरं तन् महद्भ्यो महत्तरम् तद् अन्तः सर्वभूतानां ध्रुवं तिष्ठन् न दृश्यते //
Translation
Verse (31) is attested in the Sanskrit tradition, but the original text is not provided here to translate.
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
evaindeed / only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (निपात): emphasis
aṇoḥthan an atom
aṇoḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootaṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; comparative base context ‘than an atom’
aṇutaramsmaller (still)
aṇutaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; comparative degree (तर)
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
mahad-bhyaḥthan the great (ones)
mahad-bhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural; ‘than the great (things)’
mahattaramgreater (still)
mahattaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; comparative degree (तर)
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
antaḥwithin
antaḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantar (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb/postposition: ‘within/inside’
sarva-bhūtānāmof all beings
sarva-bhūtānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; कर्मधारय: ‘all beings’
dhruvamsteady / fixed
dhruvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tiṣṭhanabiding
tiṣṭhan:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (स्था धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter Nominative Singular form used predicatively: ‘standing/abiding’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, negation particle (निषेध-निपात)
dṛśyateis seen
dṛśyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada; 3rd person, Singular; passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग): ‘is seen/appears’
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt.