Shloka 16

शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test

Devanagari script

तत: समभवत्‌ सर्वमक्षयाव्ययमत्रणम्‌ । भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा,तदनन्तर हास और वृद्धिसे रहित, अविनाशी और निर्विकार, सर्वस्वरूप परब्रह्म ही शेष रह जाता है। उसीने भूत, भविष्य और वर्तमानकी सृष्टि करनेवाले निष्पाप ब्रह्माकी भी सृष्टि की है

Transliteration

tataḥ samabhavat sarvam akṣayāvyayam atraṇam | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ sraṣṭāram anaghaṁ tathā ||

Translation

ततः समभवत् सर्वमक्षयाव्ययमत्रणम् । भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा ॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

• समभवत्: came to be/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Lung (Aorist), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all/entire (as one whole)
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अक्षय: imperishable
• अक्षय: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अव्ययम्: unchanging/inexhaustible
• अव्ययम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अत्रणम्: without protection/support (independent)
• अत्रणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्रण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भूत: of the past/that which has been
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• भव्य: of the future/that which will be
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• भविष्याणाम्: of the future things/to-be
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत्
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• स्रष्टारम्: the creator
• स्रष्टारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अनघम्: sinless/blameless
• अनघम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• परब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)