Shloka 36

Bhūtasarga-Prakaraṇa

Account of Elemental Creation from Avyakta to Mahat

Devanagari script

एवं परस्परैश्चैव धारयन्ति परस्परम् / आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्ते विकारिषु

Transliteration

evaṃ parasparaiścaiva dhārayanti parasparam / ādhārādheyabhāvena vikārāste vikāriṣu

Translation

このように彼らは互いに支え合う。基盤と依存（支えられるもの）の関係によって、その変化は変化しうる諸原理の中にある。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra-avyaya (adverb of manner)

• parasparaiḥ: by one another / mutually
• parasparaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Napuṃ (Masculine/Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphasis)

• dhārayanti: they support/hold
• dhārayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhṛ (धृ धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• parasparam: each other
• parasparam: Karma (कर्म) / Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular) used adverbially

• ādhāra-ādheya-bhāvena: by the relation of support and supported
• ādhāra-ādheya-bhāvena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhāra + ādheya + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); समासः (तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला) ‘आधारस्य च आधेयस्य च भावः’ (relation of support and supported)

• vikārāḥ: modifications/evolutes
• vikārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• vikāriṣu: among the changeable entities
• vikāriṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/7th), Bahuvacana (Plural)