Shloka 31

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तं पुरुषे ब्रह्मन्‌ निष्क्रिये सम्प्रलीयते । नास्ति तस्मात्‌ परतर: पुरुषाद्‌ वै सनातनात्‌,“ब्रह्मन्‌! अव्यक्तका निष्क्रिय पुरुषमें लय होता है। उस सनातन पुरुषसे उत्त्कृष्ट दूसरी कोई वस्तु नहीं है

Transliteration

avyaktaṁ puruṣe brahman niṣkriye sampralīyate | nāsti tasmāt parataraḥ puruṣād vai sanātanāt ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Ó brâmane, o Não-Manifesta dissolve-se na Pessoa inativa. Portanto, além dessa Pessoa eterna nada há de mais elevado.”

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तम्: the unmanifest (principle)
• अव्यक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषे: in the Purusha/person
• पुरुषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निष्क्रिये: in the actionless (one)
• निष्क्रिये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्क्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सम्प्रलीयते: dissolves/merges completely
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-ली (ली)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• तस्मात्: than/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• परतरः: higher/superior
• परतरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषात्: than the Purusha
• पुरुषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सनातनात्: than the eternal (one)
• सनातनात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• brahman (addressed interlocutor)