Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

जले भुवि तथाकाशे नान्यत्रेति विनिश्चयः स्थानं देहवताम् आसीद् इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम //

Translation

ତେତ୍ରିଶତମ ଶ୍ଲୋକ—ମୂଳ ଶ୍ଲୋକ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ ନୁହେଁ; ଏଠାରେ କେବଳ ‘33’ ସଂଖ୍ୟା ଅଛି, ତେଣୁ ଅର୍ଥାନୁବାଦ ହେବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• jale: in water
• jale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• tathā: likewise/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• ākāśe: in the sky/space
• ākāśe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इत्यादि-वाचक अव्यय)

• viniścayaḥ: certainty/definite conclusion
• viniścayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viniścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• sthānam: abode/place
• sthānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular

• dehavatām: of embodied beings
• dehavatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; possessive adjective used substantively: 'of embodied beings'

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ/लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इत्यर्थक अव्यय)

• evam: in this way
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• anuśuśruma: we have heard
• anuśuśruma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) with anu- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ/लिट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

• Teacher quoting received tradition (‘we have heard’)