Brahma Purana — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
अनिर्देश्यम् अरूपं च पाणिपादाद्यसंयुतम् वित्तं सर्वगतं नित्यं भूतयोनिम् अकारणम् //
Translation
Que ce verset (n° 64) soit un guide pour le lecteur dans la pratique du Dharma et la vénération du Divin.
Word by Word
anirdeśyamindescribable
anirdeśyam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-irdeśya (प्रातिपदिक; from √diś दिश्)
FormGerundive/ya-participle (यत्/ण्यत् sense), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘not to be indicated/defined’
arūpamformless
arūpam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)
pāṇi-pāda-ādifrom hands, feet, etc.
pāṇi-pāda-ādi:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva (द्वन्द्व) with ādi ‘etc.’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन) used as first member in compound with asaṃyutam: ‘from hands, feet, etc.’
asaṃyutamunconnected (with limbs)
asaṃyutam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक; from sam-√yuj युज्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) with negation; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; ‘not joined/connected’
vittamthe known/knowledge
vittam:
Vidheya (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootvitta (प्रातिपदिक; from √vid विद् ‘to know’ / √vind ‘to find’)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; used as predicate noun for Brahman: ‘known/knowledge’
sarvagatamall-pervading
sarvagatam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam गम्)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘sarvatra gataṃ’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular
nityameternal
nityam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
bhūta-yonimsource/womb of beings
bhūta-yonim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘bhūtānāṃ yoniḥ’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
akāraṇamcauseless
akāraṇam:
Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
Speaker
Doctrinal exposition; speaker not named in excerpt