महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-3, verse-151
तन्त्रं चेदं विश्वरूपं युवत्यौ वयतस्तन्तून्सततं वर्तयन्त्यौ ।
कृष्णान्सितांश्चैव विवर्तयन्त्यौ भूतान्यजस्रं भुवनानि चैव ॥१५१॥
कृष्णान्सितांश्चैव विवर्तयन्त्यौ भूतान्यजस्रं भुवनानि चैव ॥१५१॥
151. tantraṁ cedaṁ viśvarūpaṁ yuvatyau; vayatastantūnsatataṁ vartayantyau ,
kṛṣṇānsitāṁścaiva vivartayantyau; bhūtānyajasraṁ bhuvanāni caiva.
kṛṣṇānsitāṁścaiva vivartayantyau; bhūtānyajasraṁ bhuvanāni caiva.
151.
tantram ca idam viśvarūpam yuvatyau
vayataḥ tantūn satatam vartayantyau
kṛṣṇān sitān ca eva vivartayantyau
bhūtāni ajasram bhuvanāni ca eva
vayataḥ tantūn satatam vartayantyau
kṛṣṇān sitān ca eva vivartayantyau
bhūtāni ajasram bhuvanāni ca eva
151.
And these two young women weave this universal fabric, constantly twisting the threads, both black and white, thereby incessantly transforming beings and worlds.
Words meanings summery:
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- तन्त्रम् (tantram) - fabric, web (metaphorical) (loom, web, fabric, system, doctrine)
- च (ca) - and
- इदम् (idam) - this
- विश्वरूपम् (viśvarūpam) - universal, multiform (modifying 'fabric') (having all forms, universal, multiform)
- युवत्यौ (yuvatyau) - two young women
- वयतः (vayataḥ) - they two weave
- तन्तून् (tantūn) - threads
- सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always
- वर्तयन्त्यौ (vartayantyau) - twisting (the threads) (causing to turn, twisting, causing to exist)
- कृष्णान् (kṛṣṇān) - (threads which are) black (black ones, dark ones)
- सितान् (sitān) - (threads which are) white (white ones, bright ones)
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
- विवर्तयन्त्यौ (vivartayantyau) - transforming, bringing forth (causing to revolve, changing, transforming, evolving)
- भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements, past events)
- अजस्रम् (ajasram) - incessantly, perpetually, continuously
- भुवनानि (bhuvanāni) - worlds, realms (worlds, realms, beings)
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
Words meanings and morphology
तन्त्रम् (tantram) - fabric, web (metaphorical) (loom, web, fabric, system, doctrine)
(noun)
neuter, singular of tantra
tantra - loom, thread, web, system, doctrine, main point
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of idam
idam - this
विश्वरूपम् (viśvarūpam) - universal, multiform (modifying 'fabric') (having all forms, universal, multiform)
(adjective)
neuter, singular of viśvarūpa
viśvarūpa - all-formed, universal, multiform, omnipresent
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśva+rūpa)
- viśva – all, whole, universal
adjective - rūpa – form, shape, appearance
noun (neuter)
युवत्यौ (yuvatyau) - two young women
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, dual of yuvati
yuvati - young woman
वयतः (vayataḥ) - they two weave
(verb)
3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of ve
Root: ve (class 2)
Note: From root √ve 'to weave'.
तन्तून् (tantūn) - threads
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tantu
tantu - thread, string, line, succession
सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always
(indeclinable)
वर्तयन्त्यौ (vartayantyau) - twisting (the threads) (causing to turn, twisting, causing to exist)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of vartayat
vartayat - causing to turn, twist, exist, act
present active participle (causative)
from causative of root √vṛt
Root: vṛt (class 1)
कृष्णान् (kṛṣṇān) - (threads which are) black (black ones, dark ones)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue, Krishna (as proper noun)
Note: Modifies 'tantūn' implicitly.
सितान् (sitān) - (threads which are) white (white ones, bright ones)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sita
sita - white, bright, tied, bound
past passive participle
from root √si (to bind) or √śvit (to be white)
Root: śvit (class 1)
Note: Modifies 'tantūn' implicitly.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
(indeclinable)
विवर्तयन्त्यौ (vivartayantyau) - transforming, bringing forth (causing to revolve, changing, transforming, evolving)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of vivartayat
vivartayat - causing to turn, change, transform, evolve
present active participle (causative)
from causative of root √vṛt with prefix vi-
Prefix: vi
Root: vṛt (class 1)
भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements, past events)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta
bhūta - been, become, existing, being, creature, element
past passive participle
from root √bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
अजस्रम् (ajasram) - incessantly, perpetually, continuously
(indeclinable)
भुवनानि (bhuvanāni) - worlds, realms (worlds, realms, beings)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of bhuvana
bhuvana - world, earth, abode, being
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
(indeclinable)