Shloka 9

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

कथंस्विदन्यथा ब्रूयादेष वाक्‍्यं महान्‌ वसु: । एवं ते संविदं कृत्वा विबुधा ऋषयस्तथा

Transliteration

kathaṃ svid anyathā brūyād eṣa vākyaṃ mahān vasuḥ | evaṃ te saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā vibudhā ṛṣayas tathā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : « Comment ce grand Vasu pourrait-il parler autrement que ainsi ? Ayant de la sorte trouvé un accord, les rishis sages parlèrent et agirent eux aussi de la même manière. »

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• स्वित्: indeed? (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित्

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा

• ब्रूयात्: would say / should say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), present-system (potential), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वाक्यम्: speech, statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वसुः: Vasu (proper name/class of deity)
• वसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• ते: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• संविदम्: agreement, understanding
• संविदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having made / having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• विबुधाः: the wise / the learned
• विबुधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vasu (mahān vasuḥ)
• Ṛṣis (sages)