Shloka 86
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
नक्तं सृजन्पुनर्ब्रह्मा ज्योत्स्नाया मानुषात्मनः / सुधायाश्च पितॄंश्चैव देवदेवः ससर्जह
Transliteration
naktaṃ sṛjanpunarbrahmā jyotsnāyā mānuṣātmanaḥ / sudhāyāśca pitṝṃścaiva devadevaḥ sasarjaha
Translation
ثم إن برهما، إله الآلهة، وهو يعيد خلق الليل، أخرج من ضياء القمر (جيوتسنا) ذوي النفس الإنسانية، ومن الرحيق الخالد (سُدھا) خلق الآباء (پِتْرِ) أيضًا.
Word by Word
naktamby night, at night
naktam:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnaktam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of time (कालवाचक)
sṛjancreating
sṛjan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana; agrees with brahmā
punaragain
punar:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana
jyotsnāyāḥof moonlight
jyotsnāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootjyotsnā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen,6), Ekavacana
mānuṣa-ātmanaḥof the human-natured one
mānuṣa-ātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen,6), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: mānuṣaḥ ātmā yasya (human-natured self)
sudhāyāḥof nectar
sudhāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen,6), Ekavacana
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
pitṝnmanes
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
deva-devaḥthe god of gods
deva-devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: 'deva among devas' (श्रेष्ठार्थ)
sasarjacreated
sasarja:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु) with sa- (intensive/reduplication)
FormLiṭ (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
haindeed (it is said)
ha:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; narrative particle (स्मरण/इतिहासार्थक)