Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 135
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
परमब्रह्मणे तस्मै नित्यमेव नमोनमः / कृते पुनः क्रिया नास्ति कुत एवाकृतक्रियाः
Transliteration
paramabrahmaṇe tasmai nityameva namonamaḥ / kṛte punaḥ kriyā nāsti kuta evākṛtakriyāḥ
Translation
To that Supreme Brahman, eternal salutations again and again. When it is accomplished (kṛta), no action remains; how much more so for those whose action is yet unaccomplished (akṛta-kriyā).
Word by Word
परम-ब्रह्मणेto the Supreme Brahman
परम-ब्रह्मणे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; कर्मधारयः: परमं ब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
तस्मैto him/that
तस्मै:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNipāta used as indeclinable interjection; traditionally takes dative
नमःsalutation (again)
नमः:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (सम्बोधन/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRepetition for emphasis (पुनरुक्ति)
कृतेwhen it is done; after completion
कृते:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक; from √कृ (धातु) past passive participle)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; कृदन्त (क्त) used substantively: ‘when (it is) done/after completion’
पुनःagain; further
पुनः:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
क्रियाaction; ritual act
क्रिया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
नnot
न:
Nishedha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
अस्तिexists/is
अस्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; with negation न → ‘is not’
कुतःwhence? how then?
कुतः:
Hetu-prashna (हेतु-प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकुतः (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
अ-कृत-क्रियाःthose who have not performed the action(s)
अ-कृत-क्रियाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअ (नञ्) + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु, क्त) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; समासः: अ-कृता क्रिया येषाम् (those whose actions are not done)