Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
सत्तामात्रात्मके ज्ञेये ज्ञानात्मन्य् आत्मनः परे स ब्रह्म तत् परं धाम परमात्मा परेश्वरः //
Translation
ఇది 233.37 శ్లోకం; మూల శ్లోకం లేక భావార్థం నిర్ణయించలేము, కాబట్టి అనువాదం సాధ్యం కాదు.
Word by Word
sattā-mātra-ātmakein/with (that) whose essence is mere being
sattā-mātra-ātmake:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) / Locative qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootsattā (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to jñeye; समासः—तत्पुरुष (consisting of mere existence)
jñeyein the knowable (principle)
jñeye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñeya (प्रातिपदिक; √jñā से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular); कृदन्त (gerundive/नीयत्: 'to be known')
jñāna-ātmaniin the self that is knowledge
jñāna-ātmani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (whose self is knowledge / in the knowledge-self)
ātmanaḥof the Self
ātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
parein the supreme
pare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative 7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (in the supreme)
saḥhe/that
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
brahmaBrahman
brahma:
Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
tatthat
tat:
Karta/Karma (contextual)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम
paramsupreme
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to dhāma
dhāmaabode / splendor
dhāma:
Karma (कर्म) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootdhāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
paramātmāSupreme Self
paramātmā:
Karta (कर्ता) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय
pareśvaraḥSupreme Lord
pareśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (supreme lord)
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator/instructor