Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
अवृष्ट्यग्न्यादिभिः सम्यक् कृते शय्यालये द्विजाः समस्तेष्व् एव लोकेषु पातालेष्व् अखिलेषु च //
Translation
هذه الآية (12) من البورانا، تُعلّم الدارما وتروي أخبار العالم وتاريخه.
Word by Word
a-vṛṣṭi-agni-ādibhiḥby drought, fire, and the like
a-vṛṣṭi-agni-ādibhiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roota-vṛṣṭi + agni + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (ādi as m.), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष: ‘by (things) such as drought and fire’
samyakcompletely
samyak:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamyak (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘properly/completely’
kṛtewhen (it is) effected/done
kṛte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used in locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध): ‘when (it is) done’
śayyā-ālayein the sleeping abode
śayyā-ālaye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśayyā + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘in the abode of sleep (sleeping-place)’
dvijāḥO twice-born ones
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural
samasteṣuin all/entire
samasteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
lokeṣuin the worlds
lokeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
pātāleṣuin the netherworlds
pātāleṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
akhileṣuin all/entire
akhileṣu:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
Speaker
Narrator/teacher to ‘dvijāḥ’