Shloka 34

Bhūtasarga-Prakaraṇa

Account of Elemental Creation from Avyakta to Mahat

Devanagari script

भूतादिर्महता चैव प्रधानेनावृतो महान् / एभिरावरणैरण्डं सप्तभिः प्राकृतैर्वृतम्

Transliteration

bhūtādirmahatā caiva pradhānenāvṛto mahān / ebhirāvaraṇairaṇḍaṃ saptabhiḥ prākṛtairvṛtam

Translation

Le grand principe Bhūtādi est enveloppé par Mahat et par Pradhāna ; par ces sept enveloppes issues de la Prakṛti, l’œuf cosmique est ceint de toutes parts.

Word by Word

• bhūta-ādiḥ: the beginning/source of beings
• bhūta-ādiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘भूतानाम् आदिः’

• mahatā: by/with the Mahat (cosmic intellect)
• mahatā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter) / Puṃliṅga possible by context; Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• pradhānena: by/with Pradhāna (primordial matter)
• pradhānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• āvṛtaḥ: covered/enveloped
• āvṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Viśeṣya-viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√vṛ (वृञ्/वृ धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• mahān: the great (one)
• mahān: Karta (कर्ता) / Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ebhiḥ: by these
• ebhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Puṃ/Napuṃ (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• āvaraṇaiḥ: by coverings/envelopes
• āvaraṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• aṇḍam: the cosmic egg
• aṇḍam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• saptabhiḥ: by seven
• saptabhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral adjective, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• prākṛtaiḥ: material/primordial
• prākṛtaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Napuṃ (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• vṛtam: enclosed/covered
• vṛtam: Karma (कर्म) / Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛ (वृञ्/वृ धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana (Singular); agrees with ‘aṇḍam’