Shloka 17

Brahmopadeśa: Ahiṃsā, Jñāna, and the Kṣetrajña–Sattva Analysis

Chapter 49

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त: स तैविंप्रैर्भगवॉललोकभावन: । तेभ्य: शशंस धर्मात्मा याथातथ्येन बुद्धिमान्‌,लोकोंकी सृष्टि करनेवाले धर्मात्मा बुद्धिमान भगवान्‌ ब्रह्माजी उन ऋषियोंकी यह बात सुनकर उनसे उनके प्रश्नोंका यथार्थ रूपसे उत्तर देने लगे

Transliteration

evam uktaḥ sa tair viprair bhagavān lokabhāvanaḥ | tebhyaḥ śaśaṃsa dharmātmā yāthātathyena buddhimān ||

Translation

एवमुक्तः स तैर्विप्रैर्भगवान् लोकभावनः। तेभ्यः शशंस धर्मात्मा याथातथ्येन बुद्धिमान्॥

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विप्रैः: by the brahmins/sages
• विप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकभावनः: creator/sustainer of the worlds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-भावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• शशंस: he declared/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• याथातथ्येन: with exact truth/as it really is
• याथातथ्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बुद्धिमान्: wise
• बुद्धिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• विप्र (ऋषि/ब्राह्मण sages)
• ब्रह्मा (implied by lokabhāvanaḥ; creator of worlds)