Shloka 136
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणो ऽहनि / तावत्कालं रजन्यां च वर्तन्त्यां सलिलात्मनः
Transliteration
tasmin yugasahasrānte saṃsthite brahmaṇo 'hani / tāvatkālaṃ rajanyāṃ ca vartantyāṃ salilātmanaḥ
Translation
Am Ende von tausend Yugas, wenn der Tag Brahmās vollendet ist, bleibt für die gleiche Dauer auch in Brahmās Nacht alles von Wasserwesen.
Word by Word
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
yuga-sahasra-anteat the end of a thousand yugas
yuga-sahasra-ante:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga + sahasra + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘at the end of a thousand yugas’
saṃsthitewhen established/at the settling
saṃsthite:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; locative absolute nuance)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√sthā (स्था धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक); ‘when (it) has come to rest/been established’
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
ahanion the day
ahani:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tāvat-kālaṃfor that long a time
tāvat-kālaṃ:
Kāla (काल; duration)
TypeNoun
Roottāvat + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); duration accusative
rajanyāṃin the night
rajanyāṃ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrajanī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
vartantyāṃwhile (it) continues
vartantyāṃ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Root√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); locative absolute with rajanyām: ‘while the night is going on’
salila-ātmanaḥof (that which is) of the nature of water
salila-ātmanaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootsalila + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of water-natured (one/thing)’