महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-295, verse-2
अविद्यामाहुरव्यक्तं सर्गप्रलयधर्मि वै ।
सर्गप्रलयनिर्मुक्तं विद्यां वै पञ्चविंशकम् ॥२॥
सर्गप्रलयनिर्मुक्तं विद्यां वै पञ्चविंशकम् ॥२॥
2. avidyāmāhuravyaktaṁ sargapralayadharmi vai ,
sargapralayanirmuktaṁ vidyāṁ vai pañcaviṁśakam.
sargapralayanirmuktaṁ vidyāṁ vai pañcaviṁśakam.
2.
avidyām āhuḥ avyaktam sargapralayadharmi vai
sargapralayanirmuktam vidyām vai pañcavimśakam
sargapralayanirmuktam vidyām vai pañcavimśakam
2.
te avidyām avyaktam sargapralayadharmi vai āhuḥ
vidyām vai sargapralayanirmuktam pañcavimśakam (āhuḥ)
vidyām vai sargapralayanirmuktam pañcavimśakam (āhuḥ)
2.
They declare ignorance (avidyā) to be the unmanifest (avyakta), which possesses the intrinsic nature (dharma) of creation and dissolution. Knowledge (vidyā), on the other hand, is verily the twenty-fifth principle (puruṣa), free from creation and dissolution.
Words meanings summery:
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- अविद्याम् (avidyām) - spiritual ignorance, the opposite of true knowledge (ignorance, nescience)
- आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they state
- अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest primordial nature (Prakṛti), identified with avidyā (unmanifest, imperceptible, undeveloped)
- सर्गप्रलयधर्मि (sargapralayadharmi) - possessing the intrinsic nature (dharma) of periodic creation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya) (having the nature of creation and dissolution)
- वै (vai) - emphasizing the statement (indeed, verily, truly)
- सर्गप्रलयनिर्मुक्तम् (sargapralayanirmuktam) - not subject to the cycles of creation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya) (free from creation and dissolution)
- विद्याम् (vidyām) - spiritual knowledge, particularly of Puruṣa, contrasted with avidyā (knowledge, learning, science)
- वै (vai) - emphasizing the statement (indeed, verily, truly)
- पञ्चविम्शकम् (pañcavimśakam) - the twenty-fifth principle (puruṣa) in Sāṃkhya philosophy, here as a predicate to 'knowledge' (the twenty-fifth)
Words meanings and morphology
अविद्याम् (avidyām) - spiritual ignorance, the opposite of true knowledge (ignorance, nescience)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of avidyā
avidyā - ignorance, nescience, spiritual ignorance
Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (a+vidyā)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - vidyā – knowledge, learning
noun (feminine)
Root: vid (class 2)
आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they declare, they state
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah
Root: ah (class 2)
अव्यक्तम् (avyaktam) - the unmanifest primordial nature (Prakṛti), identified with avidyā (unmanifest, imperceptible, undeveloped)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of avyakta
avyakta - unmanifest, imperceptible, undeveloped
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'añj' (to anoint, reveal) with 'vi' (away) and 'a' (not).
Compound type : na-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - vyakta – manifest, perceptible, clear
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'añj' with 'vi'.
Prefix: vi
Root: añj (class 7)
सर्गप्रलयधर्मि (sargapralayadharmi) - possessing the intrinsic nature (dharma) of periodic creation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya) (having the nature of creation and dissolution)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sargapralayadharmin
sargapralayadharmin - having the nature/property of creation and dissolution
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarga+pralaya+dharmin)
- sarga – creation, emanation, impulse
noun (masculine)
Derived from root 'sṛj' (to emit, create).
Root: sṛj (class 6) - pralaya – dissolution, destruction, reabsorption
noun (masculine)
Derived from root 'lī' (to dissolve) with prefix 'pra'.
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4) - dharmin – possessing a quality, having a nature or property
adjective (masculine)
Derived from 'dharma' with suffix '-in'.
वै (vai) - emphasizing the statement (indeed, verily, truly)
(indeclinable)
सर्गप्रलयनिर्मुक्तम् (sargapralayanirmuktam) - not subject to the cycles of creation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya) (free from creation and dissolution)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sargapralayanirmukta
sargapralayanirmukta - free from creation and dissolution
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarga+pralaya+nirmukta)
- sarga – creation, emanation
noun (masculine)
Root: sṛj (class 6) - pralaya – dissolution, destruction
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4) - nirmukta – freed, released, delivered
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with prefix 'nir'.
Prefix: nir
Root: muc (class 6)
विद्याम् (vidyām) - spiritual knowledge, particularly of Puruṣa, contrasted with avidyā (knowledge, learning, science)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vidyā
vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, true knowledge
Root: vid (class 2)
वै (vai) - emphasizing the statement (indeed, verily, truly)
(indeclinable)
पञ्चविम्शकम् (pañcavimśakam) - the twenty-fifth principle (puruṣa) in Sāṃkhya philosophy, here as a predicate to 'knowledge' (the twenty-fifth)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pañcavimśaka
pañcavimśaka - the twenty-fifth
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcan+vimśati+ka)
- pañcan – five
numeral - vimśati – twenty
numeral (feminine) - ka – suffix forming adjectives/nouns
suffix