Shloka 79

चतुर्युगाख्यान (Caturyuga-Ākhyāna) — Yuga-wise Origins and Measurements of Beings

Devanagari script

तथा विवृत्तो ह्यव्यक्तात्खद्योत इव सञ्ज्वलन् / स माहन्सशरीरस्तु यत्रैवायमवर्त्तत

Transliteration

tathā vivṛtto hyavyaktātkhadyota iva sañjvalan / sa māhansaśarīrastu yatraivāyamavarttata

Translation

So entfaltete er sich aus dem Unmanifesten (Avyakta), leuchtend wie ein Glühwürmchen; und dieser Mahān blieb, mit Körper, eben dort, wo seine Regung einsetzte.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तथावाचक अव्यय)

• vivṛttaḥ: manifested/turned forth
• vivṛttaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi+vṛt (धातु) → vivṛtta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• avyaktāt: from the unmanifest
• avyaktāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• khadyotaḥ: firefly
• khadyotaḥ: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khadyota (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative particle (उपमावाचक अव्यय)

• sañjvalan: shining/blazing
• sañjvalan: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ+√jval (धातु) → jvalant (कृदन्त)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying implied subject

• saḥ: he/that (entity)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with saḥ

• sa-śarīraḥ: embodied, with a body
• sa-śarīraḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-भाव) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि: śarīraṃ saha yasya (one who has a body)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• eva: just/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• avarttata: remained/was present/occurred
• avarttata: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; Ātmanepada; a+√vṛt