महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-183, verse-1

भृगुरुवाच ।
सत्यं ब्रह्म तपः सत्यं सत्यं सृजति च प्रजाः ।
सत्येन धार्यते लोकः स्वर्गं सत्येन गच्छति ॥१॥

1. bhṛguruvāca ,
satyaṁ brahma tapaḥ satyaṁ satyaṁ sṛjati ca prajāḥ ,
satyena dhāryate lokaḥ svargaṁ satyena gacchati.

1. bhṛguḥ uvāca | satyam brahma tapaḥ satyam satyam sṛjati ca
prajāḥ | satyena dhāryate lokaḥ svargam satyena gacchati

1. bhṛguḥ uvāca satyam brahma (asti)
satyam tapaḥ (asti) satyam ca
prajāḥ sṛjati satyena lokaḥ
dhāryate satyena svargam gacchati

1. Bhrigu said: Truth is the ultimate reality (brahman); truth is penance (tapas). Truth also creates beings. The world is sustained by truth, and one attains heaven by truth.

Words meanings summery:

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhrigu (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सत्यम् (satyam) - As the ultimate reality or principle. (truth, reality, true)

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - As the supreme cosmic principle. (Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, austerity, spiritual discipline

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, true

• सत्यम् (satyam) - As the agent of creation. (truth, reality, true)

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, generates

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings, creatures, progeny

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth

• धार्यते (dhāryate) - is sustained, is held, is maintained

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, heavenly abode

• सत्येन (satyena) - by truth

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains

Words meanings and morphology

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhrigu (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - name of a famous sage, a star

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active

From root √vac (cl. 2) with reduplication

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - As the ultimate reality or principle. (truth, reality, true)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

From 'sat' (being) + '-ya' (suffix for abstract noun or adjective)

Note: Used here as a noun.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - As the supreme cosmic principle. (Brahman, the Absolute Reality, the ultimate truth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, ultimate reality, the universal spirit

Root: bṛh

तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, austerity, spiritual discipline

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, austerity, heat, spiritual discipline

Root: tap

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality, true

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

From 'sat' (being) + '-ya' (suffix for abstract noun or adjective)

Note: Used here as a noun.

सत्यम् (satyam) - As the agent of creation. (truth, reality, true)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

From 'sat' (being) + '-ya' (suffix for abstract noun or adjective)

Note: Used here as a noun, subject of 'sṛjati'.

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, generates

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Present active

From root √sṛj (cl. 6)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - beings, creatures, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, creation, creatures, people

From pra- + √jan

Prefix: pra

Root: jan

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

From 'sat' (being) + '-ya' (suffix for abstract noun or adjective)

धार्यते (dhāryate) - is sustained, is held, is maintained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dhṛ

Present passive

From root √dhṛ (cl. 1) in passive voice

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, space, people, community

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, heavenly abode

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial world

सत्येन (satyena) - by truth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, true

From 'sat' (being) + '-ya' (suffix for abstract noun or adjective)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present active

From root √gam (cl. 1)

Root: gam (class 1)