Shloka 21

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

Devanagari script

महेति व्यात्दृतेनैव महर्लोकस्ततो ऽभवत् / विनिवृत्ताधिकारणां देवानां तत्र वै क्षयः

Transliteration

maheti vyātdṛtenaiva maharlokastato 'bhavat / vinivṛttādhikāraṇāṃ devānāṃ tatra vai kṣayaḥ

Translation

Durch das Aussprechen der Vyāhṛti «mahah» entstand Maharloka. Die Devas, deren Amt erloschen ist, erfahren dort gewiss den Verfall.

Word by Word

• mahā: ‘Mahā’
• mahā: Karta (कर्ता; in quotation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; quoted form in iti (as a name/utterance)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• vyāhṛtena: by the utterance
• vyāhṛtena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ धातु) + vyāhṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle) used as adjective; Napumsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; instrumental (‘by the uttered [word]’)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• mahar-lokaḥ: Maharloka
• mahar-lokaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharloka (प्रातिपदिक; mahar + loka)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Hetu/Upapada (हेतु/अव्ययार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb) — ‘thereupon/therefore’

• abhavat: came into being
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (imperfect/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• vinivṛtta-adhikārāṇām: of those whose authority has ceased
• vinivṛtta-adhikārāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinivṛtta (कृदन्त; √vṛt/√vṛt? ‘to turn back’) + adhikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi-like adjectival compound used as adjective; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; qualifying devānām (‘of the gods whose authority has ceased/returned’)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta — emphasis

• kṣayaḥ: destruction/decline
• kṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana