Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 56
ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
Devanagari script
अत्र गच्छन्ति निधनं जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः / क्षणा मुहूर्त्ता दिवसा निशाः पक्षाश्च कृत्स्नशः
Transliteration
atra gacchanti nidhanaṃ jāyante ca punaḥ punaḥ / kṣaṇā muhūrttā divasā niśāḥ pakṣāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ
Translation
Here, moments, muhūrtas, days, nights, and all fortnights are born again and again, and again and again pass into dissolution.
Word by Word
atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)
gacchantigo/attain
gacchanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
nidhanamdeath/end
nidhanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conj.)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ (again)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ (again)
kṣaṇāḥmoments
kṣaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
muhūrtāḥmuhūrtas (time-units)
muhūrtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
divasāḥdays
divasāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdivasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
niśāḥnights
niśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
pakṣāḥfortnights
pakṣāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conj.)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)
kṛtsnaśaḥentirely, in full
kṛtsnaśaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkṛtsnaśas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: wholly/in entirety)