Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अभिमानात्मको ह्य् एष भूतादिस् तामसः स्मृतः भूतादिं ग्रसते चापि महाबुद्धिर् विचक्षणा //

Translation

ఇది ఇరవై ఎనిమిదవ శ్లోకం—మూల సంస్కృత పాఠ్యం ఇవ్వలేదు; కాబట్టి యథార్థ అనువాదం సాధ్యం కాదు।

Word by Word

• abhimāna-ātmakaḥ: of the nature of self-conceit (ego)
• abhimāna-ātmakaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhimāna + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'of the nature of ego/abhimāna'

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhūta-ādiḥ: Bhūtādi
• bhūta-ādiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tāmasaḥ: tamasic (of darkness/inertia)
• tāmasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to bhūtādiḥ

• smṛtaḥ: is called/considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively: 'is said/considered'

• bhūta-ādim: Bhūtādi
• bhūta-ādim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• grasate: swallows/absorbs
• grasate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gras (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), additive

• mahā-buddhiḥ: the great intellect (Mahat)
• mahā-buddhiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: 'great buddhi'

• vicakṣaṇā: discerning/wise
• vicakṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with mahābuddhiḥ

Speaker

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