Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
महान् इति च योगेषु विरिञ्चिर् इति चाप्य् अथ सांख्ये च पठ्यते शास्त्रे नामभिर् बहुधात्मकः //
Translation
सप्तदशः श्लोकः—अत्र मूलसंस्कृतपाठाभावात् भावानुवादोऽपि न निश्चितः।
Word by Word
mahānGreat (as a name)
mahān:
Pratipādya/Viśeṣya (प्रातिपाद्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); adjective used as name (विशेषण-नाम)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)
yogeṣuin the Yoga (teachings)
yogeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Plural (बहुवचन)
viriñciḥViriñci (Brahmā)
viriñciḥ:
Pratipādya/Viśeṣya (प्रातिपाद्य)
TypeNoun
Rootviriñci (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (अपि)
athathen / moreover
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, discourse particle (अथ)
sāṃkhyein Sāṃkhya
sāṃkhye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāṃkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
paṭhyateis read / is taught
paṭhyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√paṭh (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग) 'is read/recited'
śāstrein the treatise
śāstre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
nāmabhiḥby names
nāmabhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)
bahudhāin many ways
bahudhā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahudhā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
ātmakaḥhaving the nature (of many forms)
ātmakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; adjective (विशेषण)
Speaker
A narrator/teacher explaining cosmology to a royal interlocutor (addressed later as rājendra, nṛpate, pārthiva).
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