Shloka 50

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

Devanagari script

भूरादिषु महान्तेषु भृशं व्याप्ते यथाग्निना / शिखाः संवर्त्तकाग्नेर्याः प्राप्नुवन्ति सवासनाः

Transliteration

bhūrādiṣu mahānteṣu bhṛśaṃ vyāpte yathāgninā / śikhāḥ saṃvarttakāgneryāḥ prāpnuvanti savāsanāḥ

Translation

Wenn die großen Welten, beginnend mit Bhū, vom Feuer heftig durchdrungen sind, erreichen die Flammen des Saṃvartaka-Feuers sie, begleitet von vāsanās (Prägungen).

Word by Word

• bhūḥ-ādiṣu: in Bhū and the other (worlds/elements)
• bhūḥ-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (समाहार/ādi-artha: 'bhū-ādi'), Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana

• mahānteṣu: great; vast
• mahānteṣu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana; adjective qualifying bhūḥ-ādiṣu

• bhṛśam: exceedingly
• bhṛśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'excessively'

• vyāpte: when (it is) pervaded
• vyāpte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Locative singular (सप्तमी एकवचन) neuter/masc. agreeing with implied 'loke/viśve' or with bhūḥ-ādiṣu as locative absolute sense; meaning 'when pervaded'

• yathā: as; just as
• yathā: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, comparative particle (उपमानवाचक)

• agninā: by fire
• agninā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana

• śikhāḥ: flames
• śikhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana

• saṃvarttaka-agneḥ: of the Saṃvarttaka fire (fire of dissolution)
• saṃvarttaka-agneḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvarttaka (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya ('saṃvarttakaḥ agniḥ'), Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• yāḥ: which
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun referring to śikhāḥ

• prāpnuvanti: reach; attain
• prāpnuvanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana, Parasmaipada

• sa-vāsanāḥ: with coverings/vestures (enveloped)
• sa-vāsanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vāsanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Bahuvrīhi ('vāsanāḥ santi yeṣām' / 'having coverings/vestures'), Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahuvacana; qualifies śikhāḥ/yāḥ