Brahma Purana — Akshara and Kshara: Vasiṣṭha’s Teaching to Karāla Janaka on Cosmogenesis and Liberation, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
विचित्ररूपो विश्वात्मा एकाक्षर इति स्मृतः धृतम् एकात्मकं येन कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यम् आत्मना //
Translation
अष्टादशः श्लोकः—मूलपाठं विना पुराणार्थस्य प्रतिपादनं न युक्तम्।
Word by Word
vicitra-rūpaḥof wondrous form
vicitra-rūpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvicitra + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; karmadhāraya adjective compound
viśva-ātmāthe universal Self
viśva-ātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; 'whose self is the universe'
eka-akṣaraḥthe single syllable (one imperishable)
eka-akṣaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle
smṛtaḥis remembered / is called
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; passive sense 'is remembered/called'
dhṛtamheld / sustained
dhṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dhṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used predicatively 'is held/sustained'
eka-ātmakaṃof single essence
eka-ātmakaṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular; adjective qualifying kṛtsnam trailokyam
yenaby whom / by which
yena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular; relative pronoun
kṛtsnamentire
kṛtsnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular
trai-lokyamthe three worlds
trai-lokyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottri + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; dvigu compound 'three worlds'
ātmanāby (his) self
ātmanā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular
Speaker
Same narrator/teacher continuing the cosmological exposition to a king.
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