Shloka 2

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

बृहद्‌ ब्रह्म महच्चेति शब्दा: पर्यायवाचका: । एभि: समन्वितो राजन्‌ गुणैर्विद्वान्‌ बृहस्पति:

Transliteration

bṛhad brahma mahac ceti śabdāḥ paryāyavācakāḥ | ebhiḥ samanvito rājan guṇair vidvān bṛhaspatiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O King, the words ‘Bṛhat’, ‘Brahman’, and ‘Mahat’ are synonymous expressions. Endowed with the qualities signified by these terms, the wise Bṛhaspati stands as their living exemplar.”

Word by Word

• बृहद्: great
• बृहद्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शब्दाः: words
• शब्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्यायवाचकाः: synonymous; expressing the same meaning
• पर्यायवाचकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्यायवाचक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एभिः: by/with these
• एभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्वितः: endowed; furnished; accompanied
• समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि + क्त (समन्वित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गुणैः: with qualities/virtues
• गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विद्वान्: learned; wise
• विद्वान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bṛhaspati