Brahma Purana — Vasiṣṭha on Sāṃkhya: Vidyā–Avidyā, the Twenty-Fifth Principle, and the Akṣara–Kṣara Distinction, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
गुणानां महदादीनाम् उत्पद्यति परस्परम् अधिष्ठानं क्षेत्रम् आहुर् एतद् वै पञ्चविंशकम् //
Translation
Verse 14 of chapter 244 concludes this section of the Purana; it should be put into practice in accordance with Dharma and with sincere faith.
Word by Word
guṇānāmof the guṇas
guṇānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), बहुवचन
mahat-ādīnāmof (those) beginning with mahat
mahat-ādīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — तत्पुरुष: ‘of (the group) beginning with mahat’
utpadyatiarises; is produced
utpadyati:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootut-√pad (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
parasparammutually; from one another
parasparam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparaspara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रयोग (reciprocal adverb) — ‘mutually’
adhiṣṭhānamsupport; substratum
adhiṣṭhānam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootadhiṣṭhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन
kṣetramfield; locus
kṣetram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — in apposition to 'adhiṣṭhānam'
āhuḥthey have said
āhuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/Object/Reference)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — refers to the enumerated principle
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (emphasis)
pañca-viṃśakamthe twenty-fifth / consisting of twenty-five
pañca-viṃśakam:
Karma (कर्म/Object complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — द्विगु-समास: ‘twenty-five (in number)’
Speaker
Unspecified instructor voice; technical Sāṃkhya enumeration.