Shloka 17

Adhyāya 26 — Ekākṣara-Brahman (“Om”) and the Hṛdayastha Guru

Inner Teacher

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मेव समिधस्तस्य ब्रह्मानिनि्रहद्यसम्भव: । आपो ब्रद्दा गुरुब्रह्य स ब्रह्मणि समाहित:

Translation

ब्रह्मैव समिधस्तस्य ब्रह्माग्निर्नित्यसम्भवः । आपो ब्रह्म गुरुः ब्रह्म स ब्रह्मणि समाहितः ॥

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• समिधः: fuel-sticks (for fire)
• समिधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: from Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अयम्: this (he)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भवः: origin/arising
• सम्भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुः: teacher
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणि: in Brahman
• ब्रह्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• समाहितः: collected/absorbed (in meditation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच