Shloka 37
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः / उत्पाद्यग्राहिमश्चैव ते ऽज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः
Transliteration
tamobahutvātte sarve hyajñānabahulāḥ smṛtāḥ / utpādyagrāhimaścaiva te 'jñāne jñānamāninaḥ
Translation
تَمَس کی کثرت کے سبب وہ سب کے سب جہالت میں ڈوبے ہوئے سمجھے گئے ہیں؛ وہ پیدا کرکے چمٹ جانے والے ہیں اور جہالت ہی میں اپنے آپ کو دانا سمجھتے ہیں۔
Word by Word
tamaḥ-bahutvātdue to abundance of darkness
tamaḥ-bahutvāt:
Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
TypeNoun
Roottamaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + bahutva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tamaḥ-स्य bahutvam)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषणम् (qualifying te)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/indeed
ajñāna-bahulāḥabounding in ignorance
ajñāna-bahulāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bahula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ajñānena bahulāḥ / ajñāna-bahulāḥ = abounding in ignorance)
smṛtāḥare considered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; passive sense ‘are called/considered’
utpādya-grāhiṇaḥgrasping only what is produced (derivative)
utpādya-grāhiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootutpādya (कृदन्त, ल्यप् from ut+pad/ut+pād) + grāhin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (utpādyaṃ gṛhṇanti iti)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), restriction/emphasis
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ajñānein ignorance
ajñāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
jñāna-māninaḥthinking themselves knowledgeable
jñāna-māninaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (jñānaṃ manyante iti)