Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 34
Devanagari script
कृत्स्नम् एतावतस् तात क्षरते व्यक्तसंज्ञकः अहन्य् अहनि भूतात्मा यच् चाक्षर इति स्मृतम् //
Translation
चौतीसावा श्लोक—पाठ नसल्यामुळे येथे फक्त ‘34’ संख्या आहे; म्हणून अनुवाद देता येत नाही।
Word by Word
kṛtsnamentire/whole
kṛtsnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used adverbially with extent sense
etāvataḥfrom this extent/so much
etāvataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootetāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from/so far as this amount'
tātadear one/son
tāta:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Roottāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
kṣarateflows away/decays
kṣarate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣar (क्षर् धातु)
FormPresent (Laṭ/लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
vyakta-saṃjñakaḥ(that) called 'manifest'
vyakta-saṃjñakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'having the designation “manifest”'
ahanion a day
ahani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
ahaniday by day
ahani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; repetition indicates distributive sense
bhūta-ātmāthe being-soul / the spirit of beings
bhūta-ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'whose nature is beings' / 'the soul of beings' (contextual)
yatthat which
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
akṣaramthe imperishable
akṣaram:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootakṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति)
smṛtamis called/remembered
smṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + -ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively: 'is said/remembered'
Speaker
Teacher addressing the listener affectionately (‘tāta’)