Shloka 15

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सर्वा: प्रवर्तन्ते सर्गप्रलयविक्रिया: । तपो यज्ञश्न यष्टा च पुराण: पुरुषो विराट

Transliteration

tasmāt sarvāḥ pravartante sarga-pralaya-vikriyāḥ | tapo yajñaś ca yaṣṭā ca purāṇaḥ puruṣo virāṭ ||

Translation

ゆえに、創造と滅尽というあらゆる変転は彼より起こる。彼は苦行そのものであり、供犠であり、供犠を執り行う者でもある。古のプルシャ、遍満する宇宙身ヴィラートである。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (from him/therefore)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रवर्तन्ते: proceed / arise / take place
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत्
• Form: present, third, plural, ātmanepada

• सर्ग-प्रलय-विक्रियाः: the processes of creation and dissolution
• सर्ग-प्रलय-विक्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रिया (सर्ग, प्रलय)
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• यष्टा: the sacrificer (one who performs sacrifice)
• यष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज् (यष्टृ)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुराणः: ancient / primeval
• पुराणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुरुषः: Person / Spirit
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विराट्: the Cosmic (Virāṭ)
• विराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराज् (विराट्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Puruṣa
• Virāṭ