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Shloka 1

Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge

Jñāna

अपन क्रात छा ऑफ क्ााज चतुश्नत्वारिशो< ध्याय: सब पदार्थोके आदि-अन्तका और ज्ञानकी नित्यताका वर्णन ब्रह्मोवाच यदादिमध्यपर्यन्तं ग्रहणोपायमेव च । नामलक्षणसंयुक्तं सर्व वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः,ब्रह्माजीने कहा--महर्षिगण! अब मैं सम्पूर्ण पदार्थोंके नाम-लक्षणोंसहित आदि, मध्य और अन्तका तथा उनके ग्रहणके उपायका यथार्थ वर्णन करता हूँ

brahmovāca | yad ādi-madhya-paryantaṁ grahaṇopāyam eva ca | nāma-lakṣaṇa-saṁyuktaṁ sarvaṁ vakṣyāmi tattvataḥ ||

ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു— മഹർഷിമാരേ! ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ തത്ത്വപ്രകാരം എല്ലാം വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നു— നാമവും ലക്ഷണവും സഹിതം; അതിന്റെ ആദി, മധ്യം, അന്ത്യം, കൂടാതെ അതിനെ ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ഉപായവും.

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदिbeginning
आदि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मध्यmiddle
मध्य:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पर्यन्तम्end/limit
पर्यन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्यन्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ग्रहणgrasping/apprehension
ग्रहण:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootग्रहण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपायम्means/method
उपायम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नामname
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लक्षणmark/definition
लक्षण:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
संयुक्तम्joined/associated (with)
संयुक्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंयुक्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वक्ष्यामिI shall speak/tell
वक्ष्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्त्वतःin truth/accurately
तत्त्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्त्वतस्

वायुदेव उवाच

B
Brahmā
M
Mahārṣis (sages)

Educational Q&A

True knowledge requires (1) clear naming and defining characteristics (nāma–lakṣaṇa) and (2) a reliable method of apprehension (grahaṇopāya), applied to the whole course of a thing—its origin, development, and completion.

Brahmā begins an instructional discourse addressed to sages, announcing that he will systematically describe realities with their definitions and the proper means to understand them.