Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
ततस् तत् क्षरम् इत्य् उक्तं क्षरतीदं यथा जगत् जगन् मोहात्मकं चाहुर् अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तसंज्ञकम् //
Translation
മുപ്പത്തിയഞ്ചാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂലപാഠം ലഭ്യമല്ല; ഇവിടെ ‘35’ എന്ന സംഖ്യ മാത്രം കാണിക്കുന്നു, അതിനാൽ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല।
Word by Word
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः = 'therefore/from that')
tatthat
tat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
kṣaramthe perishable
kṣaram:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति)
uktamis said/called
uktam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु) + -ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative: 'is said'
kṣaratiperishes/flows away
kṣarati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣar (क्षर् धातु)
FormPresent (Laṭ/लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
yathāas/just as
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormComparative particle/adverb (उपमानार्थक अव्यय)
jagatthe world
jagat:
Upamāna/Example (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
jagatthe world
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; here as topic 'the world'
moha-ātmakamdelusion-natured
moha-ātmakam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'of the nature of delusion' qualifying jagat
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (अह्/आह् धातु)
FormPerfect (Liṭ/लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
avyaktātfrom the unmanifest
avyaktāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootavyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
vyakta-saṃjñakamcalled 'manifest'
vyakta-saṃjñakam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'having the designation “manifest”' (predicate/qualifier of jagat)
Speaker
Teacher continues doctrinal explanation; cites broader tradition (‘they say’)