Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
इत्य् एष कल्पसंहारो अन्तरप्रलयो द्विजाः नैमित्तिको वः कथितः शृणुध्वं प्राकृतं परम् //
Translation
Ce verset (11) doit être récité avec dévotion et étudié avec soin.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
eṣaḥthis
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
kalpa-saṃhāraḥkalpa-dissolution
kalpa-saṃhāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa + saṃhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘dissolution of a kalpa’
antara-pralayaḥintermediate dissolution
antara-pralayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootantara + pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय: ‘intermediate pralaya’
dvijāḥO twice-born ones
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural
naimittikaḥoccasional/periodic
naimittikaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaimittika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
vaḥto you
vaḥ:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; enclitic pronoun
kathitaḥhas been described
kathitaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kath (कथ्) + ita (कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively: ‘has been told’
śṛṇudhvamhear/listen
śṛṇudhvam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
prākṛtamthe primordial (one)
prākṛtam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootprākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
paramsupreme/ultimate
param:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
Speaker
Narrator/teacher addressing brahmin interlocutors (‘dvijāḥ’)