Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 45
Devanagari script
भूमिर् आपस् तथा ज्योतिर् वायुर् आकाशम् एव च महाभूतानि यश् चैव सर्वभूतेषु भूतकृत् //
Translation
偈（45）は、プラーナを聴聞し学ぶことが功徳と智慧をもたらすと想起させて結ぶ。
Word by Word
bhūmiḥearth
bhūmiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (भूमि, प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
āpaḥwaters
āpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootap (अप्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (pluralia tantum)
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (तथा, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction/adverb (समुच्चय/अनुक्रम)
jyotiḥfire/light
jyotiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjyotis (ज्योतिस्, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
vāyuḥwind/air
vāyuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (वायु, प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ākāśamether/space
ākāśam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (आकाश, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (listed item)
evaindeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (एव, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle (अवधारण)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (च, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)
mahābhūtānithe great elements
mahābhūtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (महा, प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (भूत, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Karmadhāraya: ‘great elements’
yaḥand he who
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun referring to a person/principle
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (च, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)
evaindeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (एव, अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle (अवधारण)
sarva-bhūteṣuin all beings
sarva-bhūteṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (सर्व, प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (भूत, प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; Tatpuruṣa: ‘in all beings’
bhūta-kṛtcreator of beings
bhūta-kṛt:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (भूत, प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ, धातु) → kṛt (कृत्, कृत्-प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agent noun (कर्तरि कृत्) meaning ‘maker/creator’; Tatpuruṣa: ‘creator of beings’
Speaker
Vyāsa continuing the adhyātma explanation