Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 42

The Narrative of Suvrata: Tapas, Surrender-Prayer, and Cyclical Time

Devanagari script

अहमेव महाप्राज्ञ मयि यांति चराचराः । पुनः सृजति योगात्मा पूर्ववद्विश्वमेव हि

Transliteration

ahameva mahāprājña mayi yāṃti carācarāḥ | punaḥ sṛjati yogātmā pūrvavadviśvameva hi

Translation

Yo solo, oh sapientísimo, soy el fundamento último; en mí se disuelven todos los seres móviles e inmóviles. Luego el Ser yóguico crea de nuevo este universo entero, exactamente como antes.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Discourse (Emphasis/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• mahā-prājña: O great wise one
• mahā-prājña: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘महान् प्राज्ञः’)

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yānti: go/merge
• yānti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• cara-acarāḥ: moving and unmoving beings
• cara-acarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (‘चराः च अचराः च’)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Discourse (Temporal/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक (adverb: again)

• sṛjati: creates
• sṛjati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yogātmā: the yogic-souled one
• yogātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘योगः आत्मा यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीहिरपि सम्भवति; अत्र नामरूपेण ‘योगात्मा’ = योगस्वभावः)

• pūrvavat: as before
• pūrvavat: Discourse (Manner/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvavat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुल्य-प्रकारार्थ (adverb: as before)

• viśvam: the universe
• viśvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Discourse (Emphasis/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Discourse (Reason/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ-निपात (particle: for/indeed)

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker reliably).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ahameva = aham + eva; carācarāḥ = cara-acarāḥ; pūrvavadviśvameva = pūrvavat + viśvam + eva

FAQs

What doctrine of time and creation is expressed in this verse?

It presents a cyclical cosmology: all beings dissolve into the ultimate reality at dissolution (pralaya), and creation (sṛṣṭi) arises again in the same patterned order.

Who are the 'moving and unmoving' (carācarāḥ) beings?

The phrase is a standard Sanskrit totality-expression meaning all entities—mobile life (humans, animals, etc.) and immobile forms (plants, mountains, and all fixed things).

What is the ethical or spiritual takeaway for a practitioner?

Seeing all things as arising from and returning to one ground encourages detachment from transient forms, steadiness in change, and inward orientation toward the ultimate reality.