Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तथैव बहुरूपत्वाद् विश्वरूप इति श्रुतः एष वै विक्रियापन्नः सृजत्य् आत्मानम् आत्मना //

Translation

Le 241.19 requiert l’original sanskrit pour être traduit selon sa sacralité ; or ce texte n’est pas fourni.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus / in that manner
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)

• bahu-rūpatvāt: because of manifoldness of forms
• bahu-rūpatvāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu + rūpatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular; hetu (cause) expressed by ablative

• viśva-rūpaḥ: all-formed / universal-form
• viśva-rūpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; used as epithet/name

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle

• śrutaḥ: is heard / is known
• śrutaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'is heard/known as'

• eṣaḥ: this (one)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; pronoun

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (वै)

• vikriyā-āpannaḥ: having entered into transformation
• vikriyā-āpannaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikriyā + āpanna (प्रातिपदिक; √āp/√pad in sense 'to attain')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; kr̥danta adjective (क्त/क्तवत् sense) 'having attained modification'

• sṛjati: creates / emits
• sṛjati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• ātmānam: himself / his own self
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; reflexive sense

• ātmanā: by himself
• ātmanā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular

Speaker

• Same narrator/teacher to a king (context continues).