Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 159
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
ततो गजकुलाकारास्तडिद्भिः समलङ्कृताः / उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा घोरा व्योम्नि संवर्तका घनाः
Transliteration
tato gajakulākārāstaḍidbhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ / uttiṣṭhanti tadā ghorā vyomni saṃvartakā ghanāḥ
Translation
Then, in the sky, dreadful clouds of dissolution arise, shaped like herds of elephants and adorned with lightning.
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय): ‘thereupon/from that’
gaja-kula-ākārāḥelephant-herd-shaped
gaja-kula-ākārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaja (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘having the form of a herd of elephants’
taḍidbhiḥwith lightning flashes
taḍidbhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottaḍit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sam-alaṅkṛtāḥadorned
sam-alaṅkṛtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√alaṅkṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
uttiṣṭhantirise up, stand forth
uttiṣṭhanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√sthā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
ghorāḥterrible
ghorāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootghora (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vyomniin the sky
vyomni:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvyoman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃvartakāḥbringing dissolution (cataclysmic)
saṃvartakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃvartaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ghanāḥclouds
ghanāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootghana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)