Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 137

Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds

Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सलिले तस्मिन् नष्टाग्नौ पृथिवीतले / प्रशान्तवाते ऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः

Transliteration

tataste salile tasmin naṣṭāgnau pṛthivītale / praśāntavāte 'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ

Translation

Then, in those waters, when the fire upon the earth had vanished and the winds were stilled, lightless darkness spread on every side.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; enclitic form

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• naṣṭa-agnau: when the fire was extinguished
• naṣṭa-agnau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; naṣṭa-agni = 'fire having perished'

• pṛthivī-tale: on the earth’s surface
• pṛthivī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'on the surface of the earth'

• praśānta-vāte: when the wind was stilled
• praśānta-vāte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praśānta (कृदन्त, √śam धातु) + vāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'when the wind had calmed'

• andhakāre: in darkness
• andhakāre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• nirāloke: in a lightless state
• nirāloke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; nir-āloka = 'without light' (as a nominal)

• samantataḥ: everywhere/on all sides
• samantataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'on all sides'