महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-14, chapter-53, verse-14
अहं विष्णुरहं ब्रह्मा शक्रोऽथ प्रभवाप्ययः ।
भूतग्रामस्य सर्वस्य स्रष्टा संहार एव च ॥१४॥
भूतग्रामस्य सर्वस्य स्रष्टा संहार एव च ॥१४॥
14. ahaṁ viṣṇurahaṁ brahmā śakro'tha prabhavāpyayaḥ ,
bhūtagrāmasya sarvasya sraṣṭā saṁhāra eva ca.
bhūtagrāmasya sarvasya sraṣṭā saṁhāra eva ca.
14.
aham viṣṇuḥ aham brahmā śakraḥ atha prabhavāpyayaḥ
bhūtagrāmasya sarvasya sraṣṭā saṃhāraḥ eva ca
bhūtagrāmasya sarvasya sraṣṭā saṃhāraḥ eva ca
14.
aham viṣṇuḥ aham brahmā atha śakraḥ sarvasya
bhūtagrāmasya prabhavāpyayaḥ sraṣṭā ca eva saṃhāraḥ
bhūtagrāmasya prabhavāpyayaḥ sraṣṭā ca eva saṃhāraḥ
14.
I am Vishnu, I am Brahma, and also Indra. I am the origin and dissolution of all beings, the creator and indeed the destroyer.
Words meanings summery:
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- अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, who is a supreme deity) (I)
- विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu (Vishnu (a principal deity in Hinduism))
- अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)
- ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma (Brahma (the creator god))
- शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (king of the gods) (Indra, mighty, powerful)
- अथ (atha) - and, moreover (then, now, moreover, and)
- प्रभवाप्ययः (prabhavāpyayaḥ) - the origin and dissolution (origin and dissolution/end)
- भूतग्रामस्य (bhūtagrāmasya) - of all the multitude of beings (of the multitude of beings, of the collection of elements/creatures)
- सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all (of all, of the whole)
- स्रष्टा (sraṣṭā) - creator (creator, fashioner)
- संहारः (saṁhāraḥ) - destroyer (destruction, withdrawal, annihilation)
- एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
Words meanings and morphology
अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, who is a supreme deity) (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
Nominative singular form of the pronoun 'asmad'.
विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu (Vishnu (a principal deity in Hinduism))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu
viṣṇu - Vishnu, the preserver god
Note: Predicate nominative.
अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
Nominative singular form of the pronoun 'asmad'.
ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahma (Brahma (the creator god))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman
brahman - Brahma (the creator god), universal spirit, sacred word
Nominative singular form (masculine) of 'brahman' when referring to the deity Brahma.
Note: Predicate nominative.
शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Indra (king of the gods) (Indra, mighty, powerful)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra
śakra - Indra, powerful, mighty
Note: Predicate nominative.
अथ (atha) - and, moreover (then, now, moreover, and)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects the list of deities.
प्रभवाप्ययः (prabhavāpyayaḥ) - the origin and dissolution (origin and dissolution/end)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhavāpyaya
prabhavāpyaya - origin and dissolution
Dvandva compound: 'prabhava' (origin) and 'apyaya' (dissolution).
Compound type : dvandva (prabhava+apyaya)
- prabhava – origin, source, birth, power
noun (masculine)
From root √bhū (to be) with prefix 'pra'.
Prefix: pra
Root: bhū (class 1) - apyaya – dissolution, destruction, end, disappearance
noun (masculine)
From root √i (to go) with prefixes 'api' and 'a'.
Prefixes: api+a
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Predicate nominative.
भूतग्रामस्य (bhūtagrāmasya) - of all the multitude of beings (of the multitude of beings, of the collection of elements/creatures)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūtagrāma
bhūtagrāma - multitude of beings, collection of creatures, elemental aggregate
Compound of 'bhūta' (being) and 'grāma' (multitude, collection).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+grāma)
- bhūta – being, creature, element, past, existent
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root √bhū (to be, to become).
Root: bhū (class 1) - grāma – village, multitude, collection, host
noun (masculine)
Note: Modifies the predicates 'prabhavāpyayaḥ', 'sraṣṭā', 'saṃhāraḥ'.
सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all (of all, of the whole)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
Genitive singular form of 'sarva'.
Note: Modifies 'bhūtagrāmasya'.
स्रष्टा (sraṣṭā) - creator (creator, fashioner)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sraṣṭṛ
sraṣṭṛ - creator, fashioner
Agent noun
Derived from root √sṛj (to create, emit).
Root: sṛj (class 6)
Note: Predicate nominative.
संहारः (saṁhāraḥ) - destroyer (destruction, withdrawal, annihilation)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhāra
saṁhāra - destruction, withdrawal, collection, summing up
From root √hṛ (to seize, take) with prefix 'sam'.
Prefix: sam
Root: hṛ (class 1)
Note: Predicate nominative.
एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects 'sraṣṭā' and 'saṃhāraḥ'.