बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम् bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram - chapter-1, verse-11

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त्रिपादं तस्य देवत्य ह्यमृतं तत्त्वदर्शिनः ।
विदन्ति तत्प्रमाणं च सप्रधानं तथैकपात् ॥११॥

11. tripādaṃ tasya devatya hyamṛtaṃ tattvadarśinaḥ .
vidanti tatpramāṇaṃ ca sapradhānaṃ tathaikapāt.

11. tripādam tasya devatya hi amṛtam tattvadarśinaḥ
vidanti tatpramāṇam ca sapradhānam tathā ekapāt

11. Indeed, the seers of truth (tattvadarśinaḥ) understand His three-quarters to be divine and immortal. They also comprehend its true extent, and similarly, the one-fourth part that exists with primal nature (pradhāna).

Words meanings summery:

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त्रिपादम् (tripādam) - three-quarters (of the divine essence) (three-footed, three-quarters)

तस्य (tasya) - His (referring to the Supreme Being) (his, of him, its)

देवत्य (devatya) - divine nature (divinity, divine essence, divine nature)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal (immortal, immortality, nectar)

तत्त्वदर्शिनः (tattvadarśinaḥ) - the seers of truth (tattvadarśinaḥ) (seers of truth, knowers of reality)

विदन्ति (vidanti) - they understand (they know, they understand)

तत्प्रमाणम् (tatpramāṇam) - its true extent (that measure, its authority, its true extent)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

सप्रधानम् (sapradhānam) - with primal nature (pradhāna) (with pradhāna (prakṛti), together with the chief element)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, and so)

एकपात् (ekapāt) - the one-fourth part (one-footed, one-fourth, one quarter)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिपादम् (tripādam) - three-quarters (of the divine essence) (three-footed, three-quarters)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tripāda

tripāda - three-footed, three-quarters

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+pāda)

tri – three
numeral
pāda – foot, quarter, portion
noun (masculine)

Note: Used here as a predicate accusative object of 'vidanti', referring to the immortal portion of Brahman.

तस्य (tasya) - His (referring to the Supreme Being) (his, of him, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Supreme Being from the previous verse.

देवत्य (devatya) - divine nature (divinity, divine essence, divine nature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devatya

devatya - divinity, divine nature, divine essence, divine quality

From devatā or deva

Note: Used here as a predicate accusative object of 'vidanti', describing the nature of the three-quarters.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - immortal (immortal, immortality, nectar)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, nectar, immortality

Negation of mṛta (dead)

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used here as a predicate accusative object of 'vidanti', describing the three-quarters.

तत्त्वदर्शिनः (tattvadarśinaḥ) - the seers of truth (tattvadarśinaḥ) (seers of truth, knowers of reality)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tattvadarśin

tattvadarśin - seer of truth, knower of reality, philosopher

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+darśin)

tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
noun (neuter)
darśin – seeing, knowing, one who sees
adjective/noun (masculine)
From root dṛś (to see)
Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'vidanti'.

विदन्ति (vidanti) - they understand (they know, they understand)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

तत्प्रमाणम् (tatpramāṇam) - its true extent (that measure, its authority, its true extent)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatpramāṇa

tatpramāṇa - that measure, its authority, its true extent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tat+pramāṇa)