Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सर्वतःश्रुतिमल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य तिष्ठति हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् एष बुद्धिर् इति स्मृतिः //

Translation

Стих 241.16 почитается как священное изречение Пураны, однако санскритский оригинал не предоставлен, и точный перевод невозможен.

Word by Word

• sarvataḥ: on all sides / everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• śruti-mat: endowed with hearing/renown (śruti)
• śruti-mat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruti + mat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); adjective (विशेषण) meaning 'possessed of śruti'

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• āvṛtya: having covered / enveloping
• āvṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from ā-√vṛ 'to cover, envelop'

• tiṣṭhati: stands / remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• hiraṇyagarbhaḥ: Hiraṇyagarbha
• hiraṇyagarbhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• eṣaḥ: this (one)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Pratipādya/Viśeṣya (प्रातिपाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• smṛtiḥ: tradition / remembered teaching
• smṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Vasiṣṭha continues instruction to Karālajanaka.