Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
महदादेर् विकारस्य विशेषात् तत्र संक्षये कृष्णेच्छाकारिते तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते प्रतिसंचरे //
Translation
هذه الآية (13) دعاءٌ بأن ينال السامع والقارئ الحكمة والسكينة ببركة الدارما.
Word by Word
mahat-ādeḥof (the series) beginning with Mahat
mahat-ādeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahat + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘of that which begins with mahat (mahat-tattva etc.)’
vikārasyaof the modification/effect
vikārasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
viśeṣātdue to the distinction/specificity
viśeṣāt:
Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootviśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
tatrathere/in that state
tatra:
Desha-Kala (देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
saṃkṣayein dissolution/at destruction
saṃkṣaye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
kṛṣṇa-icchā-kāritewhen caused by Kṛṣṇa’s will
kṛṣṇa-icchā-kārite:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛṣṇa + icchā + kārita (कृदन्त from √kṛ (कृ) causative √kār + क्त)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘caused by Kṛṣṇa’s will’
tasminin that (event/state)
tasmin:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
pravṛttewhen it has begun
pravṛtte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vṛt (वृत्) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; past participle (क्त) used in locative absolute: ‘when (it has) commenced’
prati-saṃcarein the re-absorption/return (of beings)
prati-saṃcare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprati + saṃcara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; अव्ययीभाव: ‘in the re-absorption/returning back’
Speaker
Narrator/teacher to ‘dvijāḥ’ (continuing discourse)