Shloka 15

Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन

Devanagari script

सर्वं कार्यं बुद्धिपूर्वं प्रधानस्य प्रपत्स्यते / बुद्धिपूर्वं क्षेत्रज्ञ अधिष्ठास्यति तान्गुणान्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ kāryaṃ buddhipūrvaṃ pradhānasya prapatsyate / buddhipūrvaṃ kṣetrajña adhiṣṭhāsyati tānguṇān

Translation

Segala perbuatan terlebih dahulu menuju Pradhana dengan buddhi sebagai pendahulu; dan dengan buddhi itu Ksetrajna bersemayam memerintah guna-guna tersebut.

Word by Word

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of kāryam

• kāryam: effect, product, work
• kāryam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• buddhi-pūrvam: preceded by intellect
• buddhi-pūrvam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) adverbial; avyayībhāva-samāsa; meaning 'with intellect first/preceded by intellect'

• pradhānasya: of Pradhāna (primordial matter)
• pradhānasya: Sambandha/Genitive (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• prapatsyate: will resort/attain
• prapatsyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√pad (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ? actually Lṛṭ (लृट्) future, Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• buddhi-pūrvam: preceded by intellect
• buddhi-pūrvam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) adverbial; avyayībhāva-samāsa

• kṣetrajñaḥ: knower of the field (Self)
• kṣetrajñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra-jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: kṣetrasya jñaḥ

• adhiṣṭhāsyati: will preside over, will superintend
• adhiṣṭhāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi√sthā (धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (लृट्) future, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of guṇān

• guṇān: qualities (guṇas)
• guṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)