Upodghata Pada Adhyaya 1 Shloka 180 - Brahmanda Purana | English | Vedapath

Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 180

Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada

Devanagari script

तावन्तं कालमेवं तु भवत्येकार्मवं जगत् / तदा तु सर्वे व्यापारा निवर्त्तन्ते प्रजापतेः

Transliteration

tāvantaṃ kālamevaṃ tu bhavatyekārmavaṃ jagat / tadā tu sarve vyāpārā nivarttante prajāpateḥ

Translation

For just that span of time the world exists as the single ocean (ekārṇava). Then all the activities of Prajāpati withdraw and cease.

Word by Word

तावन्तम्so much, that much

कालम्time

एवम्thus

तुindeed/but

भवतिbecomes/is

एकार्मवम्in the ekārmava state

जगत्the world

तदाthen

तुindeed/but

सर्वेall

व्यापाराःactivities, operations

निवर्तन्तेcease, come to an end

प्रजापतेःof Prajāpati