Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
सर्वतःश्रुतिमल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य तिष्ठति हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् एष बुद्धिर् इति स्मृतिः //
Translation
പതിനാറാം ശ്ലോകം—ഇവിടെ മൂല സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; അതിനാൽ യഥാർത്ഥ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല.
Word by Word
sarvataḥon all sides / everywhere
sarvataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
śruti-matendowed with hearing/renown (śruti)
śruti-mat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśruti + mat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); adjective (विशेषण) meaning 'possessed of śruti'
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
āvṛtyahaving covered / enveloping
āvṛtya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√vṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from ā-√vṛ 'to cover, envelop'
tiṣṭhatistands / remains
tiṣṭhati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
hiraṇyagarbhaḥHiraṇyagarbha
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothiraṇya + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
eṣaḥthis (one)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)
buddhiḥintellect
buddhiḥ:
Pratipādya/Viśeṣya (प्रातिपाद्य)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)
smṛtiḥtradition / remembered teaching
smṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsmṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Vasiṣṭha continues instruction to Karālajanaka.