Shloka 18

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

सो<निरुद्ध इति प्रोक्तस्तत्‌ प्रधान प्रचक्षते | तदव्यक्तमिति ज्ञेयं त्रिगुणं नृपसत्तम,नृपश्रेष्ठ! उसीको अनिरुद्ध कहा गया है। उसीको प्रधान भी कहते हैं तथा उसीको त्रिगुणमय अव्यक्त जानना चाहिये

Transliteration

so 'niruddha iti proktas tat pradhānaṃ pracakṣate | tad avyaktam iti jñeyaṃ triguṇaṃ nṛpasattama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Esse mesmo princípio é chamado ‘Aniruddha’; também é designado como Pradhāna. Sabe-o ainda como o Inmanifesto, constituído das três guṇas, ó melhor dos reis.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (entity)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिरुद्धः: Aniruddha (name/epithet)
• अनिरुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रोक्तः: is called/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रधानम्: Pradhāna (primordial matter)
• प्रधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रधान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रचक्षते: they call/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चक्ष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Ātmanepada, Third, Plural

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ज्ञेयम्: is to be known
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्य/यत् sense; here -ेय), Passive sense

• त्रिगुणम्: consisting of three guṇas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिगुण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Aniruddha
• Pradhāna
• Avyakta
• Triguṇa (sattva-rajas-tamas)