Shloka 37
Bhūtasarga-Prakaraṇa
Account of Elemental Creation from Avyakta to Mahat
Devanagari script
अव्यक्तं क्षेत्रमित्युक्तं ब्रह्म क्षेत्रज्ञमुच्यते / इत्येवं प्राकृतः सर्गः क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितस्तु सः
Transliteration
avyaktaṃ kṣetramityuktaṃ brahma kṣetrajñamucyate / ityevaṃ prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ
Translation
اَویَکت کو ‘کشیتر’ کہا گیا ہے اور برہ्म کو ‘کشیترجْن’ کہا جاتا ہے؛ یوں یہ پراکرت سَرگ کشیترجْن کے ادھِشٹھان سے قائم ہے۔
Word by Word
avyaktamunmanifest
avyaktam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana (Singular)
kṣetramfield (of matter)
kṣetram:
Karta (कर्ता) (in ‘is called’)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
itithus/‘as’
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (iti-nipāta)
uktamis said/called
uktam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
FormKta-participle used impersonally; Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
brahmaBrahman
brahma:
Karta (कर्ता) (in ‘is called’)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
kṣetrajñamknower of the field
kṣetrajñam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी) ‘क्षेत्रस्य ज्ञः’
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular); passive sense ‘is called’
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle
evamin this way
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormPrakāra-avyaya (adverb)
prākṛtaḥmaterial/pertaining to Prakṛti
prākṛtaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
sargaḥcreation/emanation
sargaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
kṣetrajña-adhiṣṭhitaḥpresided over by the knower of the field
kṣetrajña-adhiṣṭhitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣetrajña + adhiṣṭhita (प्रातिपदिक; √sthā with adhi- + kta)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (तृतीया/षष्ठी-भाव) ‘क्षेत्रज्ञेन अधिष्ठितः/क्षेत्रज्ञस्य अधिष्ठितः’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormVirodha/avadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle: but/indeed)
saḥthat (creation)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to sargaḥ)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (pronoun), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)