Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

प्रोच्यते प्रकृतिर् हेतुः प्रधानं कारणं परम् इत्य् एषा प्रकृतिः सर्वा व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी //

Translation

Este verso (nº 34) é tido como palavra sagrada na tradição purânica.

Word by Word

• procyate: is said / is declared
• procyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti (primordial nature)
• prakṛtiḥ: Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• hetuḥ: cause
• hetuḥ: Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• pradhānam: Pradhāna (the primary principle)
• pradhānam: Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• kāraṇam: cause / instrument
• kāraṇam: Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) to kāraṇam/pradhānam

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• eṣā: this (she/this one)
• eṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti
• prakṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition to eṣā
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarvā: all / entire
• sarvā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to prakṛtiḥ

• vyakta-avyakta-svarūpiṇī: having the nature of both manifest and unmanifest
• vyakta-avyakta-svarūpiṇī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to prakṛtiḥ; समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्देश/विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator/instructor