Shloka 44

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

विपर्ययेण चौषध्यः प्रनष्टास्ताश्चतुर्दश मत्वा धरां प्रविष्टास्ता इत्यौषध्यः पितामहः

Transliteration

viparyayeṇa cauṣadhyaḥ pranaṣṭāstāścaturdaśa matvā dharāṃ praviṣṭāstā ityauṣadhyaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Durch eine kosmische Umkehr meinte man, die Heilkräuter—jene vierzehn—seien zugrunde gegangen. Dies erkennend, gingen sie in die Erde ein; und so sprach Pitāmaha (Brahmā) über die Kräuter.

Word by Word

• viparyayeṇa: by reversal/contrary change (cosmic inversion)

• ca: and

• auṣadhyaḥ: medicinal herbs/plants

• pranaṣṭāḥ: destroyed, lost

• tāḥ: those

• caturdaśa: fourteen

• matvā: having understood/considered

• dharām: the Earth (Dharā)

• praviṣṭāḥ: entered, became absorbed

• iti: thus

• auṣadhyaḥ: the herbs (as the topic)

• pitāmahaḥ: the Grandfather, Brahmā

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Brahma’s account within the Purva-Bhaga creation narrative)