Shloka 6

दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्

Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas

Devanagari script

भूगुरुवाच ब्रह्मकल्पे पुरा ब्रह्मन्‌ ब्रद्मर्षीणां समागमे । लोकसम्भवसंदेह: समुत्पन्नो महात्मनाम्‌

Translation

婆利古说道：“婆罗门啊！在久远以前，当梵天劫运转之时，诸梵仙相会聚集。在那些大灵者的会众中，关于世界如何生成的疑惑便生起了。”

Word by Word

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu (the sage)
• भृगुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्मकल्पे: in the Brahmā-kalpa (aeon of Brahmā)
• ब्रह्मकल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मर्षीणाम्: of the Brahmarṣis
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समागमे: in the assembly/meeting
• समागमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोकसम्भवसंदेहः: doubt about the origin of the worlds
• लोकसम्भवसंदेहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-सम्भव-संदेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुत्पन्नः: arisen, produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled ones
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच