Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

आपो ग्रसन्ति वै पूर्वं भूमेर् गन्धादिकं गुणम् आत्तगन्धा ततो भूमिः प्रलयाय प्रकल्पते //

Translation

هذا البيت (رقم 14) يُصان بوصفه قولًا مقدّسًا في البورانا، صالحًا للتعبّد والدراسة.

Word by Word

• āpaḥ: waters
• āpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āp (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• grasanti: swallow/absorb
• grasanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gras (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/emphasis (निपात)

• pūrvam: first/previously
• pūrvam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), accusative-used adverbial form

• bhūmeḥ: of the earth
• bhūmeḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• gandha-ādikam: beginning with smell (etc.)
• gandha-ādikam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'gandhaḥ ādiḥ yasya' = beginning with smell

• guṇam: quality
• guṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ātta-gandhāḥ: having taken (the) smell
• ātta-gandhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātta (कृदन्त; √dā/√ādā धातु, past participle) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: 'āttaḥ gandhaḥ yābhiḥ' = having taken smell

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• bhūmiḥ: the earth
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• pralayāya: for dissolution
• pralayāya: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakalpate: is prepared/comes to be fit
• prakalpate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Narrator/teacher to ‘dvijāḥ’ (implied from surrounding verses)