Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः प्रबुद्धो रात्र्यन्ते पुनः सृष्टिं करोत्य् अजः ब्रह्मस्वरूपधृग् विष्णुर् यथा वः कथितं पुरा //

Translation

Ce verset (10) expose une sagesse ancienne, digne de vénération et d’étude.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence

• prabuddhaḥ: awakened
• prabuddhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√budh (बुध्) + ta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past participle (क्त) ‘awakened’

• rātri-ante: at the end of the night
• rātri-ante: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘at the end of the night’

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• sṛṣṭim: creation
• sṛṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• karoti: does/makes
• karoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ajaḥ: the Unborn (Brahmā)
• ajaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• brahma-svarūpa-dhṛk: bearing Brahmā’s form
• brahma-svarūpa-dhṛk: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahma + svarūpa + dhṛk (प्रातिपदिक; dhṛk from √dhṛ (धृ) with क्विप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘bearing the form of Brahmā’

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय) ‘as/just as’

• vaḥ: to you/for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative (6th/षष्ठी or 4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; enclitic pronoun

• kathitam: told/related
• kathitam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ्) + ita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively: ‘has been told’

• purā: formerly/earlier
• purā: Desha-Kala (देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

Speaker

• Narrator/teacher addressing ‘dvijāḥ’ (brahmin sages/disciples)