Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 114

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

उच्चत्वाद्दृश्यते शीघ्रं नीतिव्यक्तैर्गभस्तिभिः / तदा दक्षिणमार्गस्यो नीयां विथीमुपाश्रितः

Transliteration

uccatvāddṛśyate śīghraṃ nītivyaktairgabhastibhiḥ / tadā dakṣiṇamārgasyo nīyāṃ vithīmupāśritaḥ

Translation

Because of its loftiness it is quickly seen by its clearly borne rays; then it resorts to the lower track of the southern path, the Dakṣiṇa-mārga.

Word by Word

• uccatvāt: because of height/elevation
• uccatvāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Pañcamī (Abl., 5th), Ekavacana; hetu-ablative

• dṛśyate: is seen
• dṛśyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive sense (is seen)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prayoga)
• Form: Avyaya; kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverb)

• nīti-vyaktaiḥ: made manifest (clearly shown) by proper method
• nīti-vyaktaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīti (प्रातिपदिक) + vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.)? here Instrumental plural agreeing with gabhastibhiḥ (m.): Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instr., 3rd), Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya: nītyā vyaktāḥ (made manifest by proper method)

• gabhastibhiḥ: by rays
• gabhastibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gabhasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr., 3rd), Bahuvacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya

• dakṣiṇa-mārgasya: of the southern path
• dakṣiṇa-mārgasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen., 6th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: dakṣiṇasya mārgaḥ

• nīyām: lower
• nīyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc., 2nd), Ekavacana; agrees with vithīm

• vithīm: track; course
• vithīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vithī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc., 2nd), Ekavacana

• upāśritaḥ: having resorted to; having taken
• upāśritaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-ā-śri (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle, Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana; predicative to implied subject (candramāḥ/sūryaḥ contextually)