Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
पुरुषश् चापि भो विप्रा यस् तद् अव्याकृतात्मनि द्विपरार्धात्मकः कालः कथितो यो मया द्विजाः //
Translation
ഇത് ഷട്ചത്വാരിംശത് (46) ശ്ലോകസംഖ്യ; ഇതിന്റെ മൂലപാഠം ഇവിടെ പ്രദർശിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടില്ല.
Word by Word
puruṣaḥPuruṣa
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात); sense: also/even
bhoO!
bho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbho (अव्यय)
FormVocative particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)
viprāḥO brāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
avyākṛta-ātmaniin the undifferentiated self
avyākṛta-ātmani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roota-vyākṛta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (आत्मन्), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: avyākṛtaḥ ātmā yasmin (in the undifferentiated self)
dvi-parārdha-ātmakaḥconsisting of two parārdhas
dvi-parārdha-ātmakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi + parārdha + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु: dvi-parārdha (two parārdhas) + ātmaka (consisting of)
kālaḥtime
kālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kathitaḥtold/declared
kathitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/भूतकर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√kath (कथ्) (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (referring to kālaḥ)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijāḥO twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
A narrator/teacher addressing vipras (brāhmaṇas), explicitly: ‘bho viprāḥ … dvijāḥ’.