Brahma Purana — The Conflagration of the Great Dissolution and Markandeya’s Refuge at the Eternal Banyan, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
पश्चात् स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा प्रविश्य च रसातलम् देवदानवयक्षाणां भयं जनयते महत् //
Translation
Par l’étude et le culte sincère, la sagesse s’accroît et l’ignorance se dissipe.
Word by Word
paścātafterwards
paścāt:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpaścāt (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) — अनन्तरार्थक (afterwards)
saḥhe/that (fire)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — सर्वनाम
pṛthivīmthe earth
pṛthivīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
bhittvāhaving split
bhittvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhid् (भिद् धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal) — ‘having split’
praviśyahaving entered
praviśya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√viś् (विश् धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव — उपसर्ग: pra-; ‘having entered’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
rasātalamRasātala (netherworld)
rasātalam:
Karma (कर्म) / Gati (गति; destination)
TypeNoun
Rootrasātala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
deva-dānava-yakṣāṇāmof the gods, demons, and yakṣas
deva-dānava-yakṣāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possessor/affected group)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — द्वन्द्व (devāḥ ca dānavāḥ ca yakṣāḥ ca)
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
janayateproduces/causes
janayate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
mahatgreat
mahat:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — qualifying bhayam
Speaker
Brahmā continuing pralaya narration