14.27
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहम्
अमृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य
सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca
śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
For I am the ground of Brahman (ब्रह्म), and of the imperishable deathless, and of everlasting dharma (धर्म), and of absolute happiness.
नेपालीमा
किनकि म ब्रह्मको आधार हुँ, र नाश नहुने अमृतको, र सधैँ रहने धर्मको, र एकान्तिक सुखको।
Where it sits
14.26 said the one who serves him is fit for becoming Brahman (ब्रह्म), and this verse says why: he is the ground Brahman (ब्रह्म) stands on.
Split: ब्रह्मणः + हि + प्रतिष्ठा + अहम् + अमृतस्य + अव्ययस्य + च + शाश्वतस्य + च + धर्मस्य + सुखस्य + एकान्तिकस्य + च
brahmaṇaḥ + hi + pratiṣṭhā + aham + amṛtasya + avyayasya + ca + śāśvatasya + ca + dharmasya + sukhasya + ekāntikasya + ca
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| ब्रह्मणः | brahmaṇaḥ | genitive of brahman (ब्रह्मन्) | of Brahman (ब्रह्म). |
| हि | hi | indeclinable | for. |
| प्रतिष्ठा | pratiṣṭhā | nominative feminine | the ground. The place a thing stands on. |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
| अमृतस्य | amṛtasya | genitive neuter | of the deathless. |
| अव्ययस्य | avyayasya | genitive neuter | imperishable. Agrees with amṛtasya (अमृतस्य). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| शाश्वतस्य | śāśvatasya | genitive masculine | everlasting. Agrees with dharmasya (धर्मस्य). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| धर्मस्य | dharmasya | genitive masculine | of dharma (धर्म). |
| सुखस्य | sukhasya | genitive neuter | of happiness. |
| एकान्तिकस्य | ekāntikasya | genitive neuter | absolute, belonging to one sole end. Agrees with sukhasya (सुखस्य). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
brahmaṇaḥ hi pratiṣṭhā aham (ब्रह्मणः हि प्रतिष्ठा अहम्) is the claim the hi (हि) explains. For I am the ground of Brahman (ब्रह्म). The verse has no finite verb. "Am" is supplied. pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा) is what he is. brahmaṇaḥ (ब्रह्मणः) is what stands on that ground.
amṛtasya avyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasya ekāntikasya ca (अमृतस्य अव्ययस्य च शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्य एकान्तिकस्य च) hangs three more genitives on the same ground. Of the imperishable deathless. Of everlasting dharma (धर्म). Of happiness that is absolute. Each pair agrees. avyayasya (अव्ययस्य) with amṛtasya (अमृतस्य), śāśvatasya (शाश्वतस्य) with dharmasya (धर्मस्य), ekāntikasya (एकान्तिकस्य) with sukhasya (सुखस्य).
Sanskrit in this line
प्रतिष्ठा + अहम् pratiṣṭhā + aham is recited pratiṣṭhāham (प्रतिष्ठाहम्). आ + अ ā + a becomes ā (आ), so aham (अहम्) is hidden inside the long ā (आ). The word is still two words. aham (अहम्) is the subject, and pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा) is what he is. Lose aham (अहम्) and the ground has no one who is it. The genitives all depend on pratiṣṭhā (प्रतिष्ठा): the ground of Brahman (ब्रह्म), of the deathless, of dharma (धर्म), of happiness.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what he is, then the four things he is the ground of. If aham (अहम्) is lost inside pratiṣṭhāham (प्रतिष्ठाहम्), stay here.