Brahma Purana — The Hunter Jarā, Krishna’s Final Līlā, and the Lord’s Ascension, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
भगवान् अपि गोविन्दो वासुदेवात्मकं परम् ब्रह्मात्मनि समारोप्य सर्वभूतेष्व् अधारयत् //
Translation
Ce verset : « 3 » — signe d’identification d’un énoncé sacré dans le Purāṇa.
Word by Word
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)
govindaḥGovinda
govindaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to bhagavān)
TypeNoun
Rootgovinda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vāsudeva-ātmakamconsisting of/identified with Vāsudeva
vāsudeva-ātmakam:
Karma (कर्म; object of samāropya)
TypeAdjective
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of Vāsudeva’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
paramsupreme
param:
Karma (कर्म; qualifies vāsudevātmakam)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
brahmaBrahman (Absolute)
brahma:
Karma (कर्म; object of samāropya)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
ātmaniin the Self
ātmani:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण; locus ‘in the Self’)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
samāropyahaving placed/superimposed
samāropya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√ruh/rop (धातु) + ल्यप्
Formअव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having superimposed/placed’
sarva-bhūteṣuin all beings
sarva-bhūteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
adhārayatsustained/held
adhārayat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√dhṛ (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Vyāsa narrates a theological/metaphysical act of Govinda.