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12,121

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-121, verse-40

ईश्वरः पुरुषः प्राणः सत्त्वं वित्तं प्रजापतिः ।
भूतात्मा जीव इत्येव नामभिः प्रोच्यतेऽष्टभिः ॥४०॥
40. īśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ sattvaṁ vittaṁ prajāpatiḥ ,
bhūtātmā jīva ityeva nāmabhiḥ procyate'ṣṭabhiḥ.
40. īśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ sattvam vittam prajāpatiḥ
bhūtātmā jīvaḥ iti eva nāmabhiḥ procyate aṣṭabhiḥ
40. īśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ sattvam vittam prajāpatiḥ
bhūtātmā jīvaḥ iti eva aṣṭabhiḥ nāmabhiḥ procyate
40. The rod of justice (daṇḍa) is indeed declared by these eight names: Lord (īśvara), the Cosmic Person (puruṣa), the Life Force (prāṇa), existence/essence (sattva), wealth, the Lord of creatures (prajāpati), the soul of all beings (bhūtātmā), and the individual soul (jīva).

Words meanings summery:

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  • ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Lord, master, controller, supreme being
  • पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa), spirit
  • प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life force (prāṇa), breath, vital energy
  • सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - existence, essence, reality, goodness, being
  • वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possessions
  • प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Lord of creatures, creator
  • भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - soul of beings, self of creatures, essential nature of creatures
  • जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul (jīva)
  • इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or summation)
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
  • नामभिः (nāmabhiḥ) - by names
  • प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is declared, is called, is proclaimed
  • अष्टभिः (aṣṭabhiḥ) - by eight

Words meanings and morphology

ईश्वरः (īśvaraḥ) - Lord, master, controller, supreme being
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of īśvara
īśvara - master, lord, ruler, powerful, supreme being
Root: īś (class 2)
पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, person, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa), spirit
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa
puruṣa - man, person, human being, spirit, soul, the cosmic person
प्राणः (prāṇaḥ) - life force (prāṇa), breath, vital energy
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, energy, spirit
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 2)
सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - existence, essence, reality, goodness, being
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva
sattva - being, existence, essence, reality, goodness (one of the three guṇas)
Root: as (class 2)
वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possessions
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta
vitta - wealth, property, possession; known, understood (as PPP from vid)
Root: vid (class 6)
प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Lord of creatures, creator
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati
prajāpati - lord of creatures, creator, progenitor
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)
  • prajā – progeny, offspring, people, subjects, creatures
    noun (feminine)
    Prefix: pra
  • pati – master, lord, husband
    noun (masculine)
भूतात्मा (bhūtātmā) - soul of beings, self of creatures, essential nature of creatures
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūtātman
bhūtātman - the soul of beings, the element of the self
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ātman)
  • bhūta – being, creature, element
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root bhū (to be)
    Root: bhū (class 1)
  • ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
    noun (masculine)
जीवः (jīvaḥ) - living being, individual soul (jīva)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva
jīva - living, alive; individual soul, life, creature
Root: jīv (class 1)
इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks a quotation or summation)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
नामभिः (nāmabhiḥ) - by names
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of nāman
nāman - name, appellation
प्रोच्यते (procyate) - is declared, is called, is proclaimed
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pravac
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
अष्टभिः (aṣṭabhiḥ) - by eight
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with nāmabhiḥ