Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

व्यक्तस्वरूपम् अव्यक्ते तस्यां विप्राः प्रलीयते एकः शुद्धो ऽक्षरो नित्यः सर्वव्यापी तथा पुनः //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 35) expose un sens sacré selon la manière ancienne des Purāṇa.

Word by Word

• vyakta-svarūpam: the manifest form/nature
• vyakta-svarūpam: Karma (कर्म) / Topic-object
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (manifest + form)

• avyakte: in the unmanifest
• avyakte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasyām: in that (in her/it)
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas / sages
• viprāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pralīyate: dissolves / merges
• pralīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√lī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); अर्थे—लयम् गच्छति (dissolves)

• ekaḥ: one
• ekaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• śuddhaḥ: pure
• śuddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• akṣaraḥ: the imperishable (principle)
• akṣaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Predicate-subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• nityaḥ: eternal
• nityaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• sarva-vyāpī: all-pervading
• sarva-vyāpī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (all-pervading)

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• punaḥ: again / further
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again/further)

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator/instructor to brahmins