महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-40, verse-1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
अव्यक्तात्पूर्वमुत्पन्नो महानात्मा महामतिः ।
आदिर्गुणानां सर्वेषां प्रथमः सर्ग उच्यते ॥१॥

1. brahmovāca ,
avyaktātpūrvamutpanno mahānātmā mahāmatiḥ ,
ādirguṇānāṁ sarveṣāṁ prathamaḥ sarga ucyate.

1. brahmā uvāca avyaktāt pūrvam utpannaḥ mahān ātmā
mahāmatiḥ ādiḥ guṇānām sarveṣām prathamaḥ sargaḥ ucyate

1. brahmā uvāca avyaktāt pūrvam utpannaḥ mahān ātmā
mahāmatiḥ sarveṣām guṇānām ādiḥ prathamaḥ sargaḥ ucyate

1. Brahmā said: The great (ātman), possessing a profound intellect, which first originated from the unmanifest (prakṛti), is declared to be the primal creation and the source of all the qualities (guṇas).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator god

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अव्यक्तात् (avyaktāt) - from the primordial unmanifest (prakṛti) (from the unmanifest, from the unevolved)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (in time/order of creation) (before, formerly, first)

• उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - originated (arisen, produced, born)

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the cosmic intellect or principle (Mahat), often equated with buddhi in Sāṅkhya philosophy (self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit, individual soul)

• महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great intellect, great mind

• आदिः (ādiḥ) - origin, beginning, first

• गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of the three fundamental qualities (guṇas) of sattva, rajas, and tamas (of the qualities, of the constituents (of nature))

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• प्रथमः (prathamaḥ) - first, primary

• सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation or emanation (in a cosmological sense) (creation, emanation, chapter)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā, the creator god

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the creator god Brahmā; the Absolute Reality (neuter); a Brāhmaṇa (masculine)

Note: Refers to the deity Brahmā in the nominative singular.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

अव्यक्तात् (avyaktāt) - from the primordial unmanifest (prakṛti) (from the unmanifest, from the unevolved)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, unevolved, invisible

Past Passive Participle

From 'a' (negation) + 'vi-añj' (to manifest)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• vyakta – manifest, perceptible, distinct
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'vi' + 'añj' (to manifest)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first (in time/order of creation) (before, formerly, first)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially.

उत्पन्नः (utpannaḥ) - originated (arisen, produced, born)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utpanna

utpanna - arisen, produced, born, appeared

Past Passive Participle

From 'ud' + 'pad' (to go, to arise)

Prefix: ud

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with mahān ātmā.

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast; the great principle (cosmic intellect)

Note: Agrees with ātmā.

आत्मा (ātmā) - the cosmic intellect or principle (Mahat), often equated with buddhi in Sāṅkhya philosophy (self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit, individual soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, Supreme Spirit, essence, intellect

महामतिः (mahāmatiḥ) - great intellect, great mind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmati

mahāmati - great intellect, great mind, profound intelligence

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+mati)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agrees with ātmā, or is an attribute of it.

आदिः (ādiḥ) - origin, beginning, first

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ādi

ādi - beginning, origin, commencement, first

Root: ad (class 1)

गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of the three fundamental qualities (guṇas) of sattva, rajas, and tamas (of the qualities, of the constituents (of nature))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti); strand, rope

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with guṇānām.

प्रथमः (prathamaḥ) - first, primary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, primary, foremost

Note: Agrees with sargaḥ.

सर्गः (sargaḥ) - creation or emanation (in a cosmological sense) (creation, emanation, chapter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarga

sarga - creation, emanation, discharge, chapter, section

From 'sṛj' (to emit, create)

Root: sṛj (class 6)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called, is declared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac

present passive

Present 3rd singular passive, root 'vac' replaced by 'uc' in passive forms

Root: vac (class 2)