Shloka 2

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

यदासृजत्‌ सहस्राणि भूतानां स महामति: । पज्चानामेव भूतत्वं कथं समुपपद्यते,परंतु जब महाबुद्धिमान्‌ ब्रह्माजीनी और भी हजारों भूतोंकी रचना की है, तब इन पाँचको ही “भूत” कहना कहाँतक युक्तिसंगत है?

Transliteration

yadāsṛjat sahasrāṇi bhūtānāṃ sa mahāmatiḥ | pañcānām eva bhūtatvaṃ kathaṃ samupapadyate ||

Translation

婆罗堕阇又问：“那位大慧的造物主既已化生千千万万众生，为何唯独这五者被拣出，称为‘诸元素’（bhūta）？此理何在？”

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• असृजत्: created
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Luṅ (Aorist), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महामतिः: the great-minded one
• महामतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पञ्चानाम्: of the five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: common, genitive, plural

• एव: only/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भूतत्वम्: the status/name of 'bhūta' (element/being)
• भूतत्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतत्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• समुपपद्यते: is justified/comes to be established
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+पद्
• Form: Laṭ (Present), 3, singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Brahmā (implied as the Creator, mahāmatiḥ)
• pañca-bhūta (the five elements, implied)