Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
अपाम् अपि गुणो यस् तु ज्योतिषा पीयते तु सः नश्यन्त्य् आपः सुतप्ताश् च रसतन्मात्रसंक्षयात् //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 17) révèle un sens sacré du Purana, digne de respect et de contemplation.
Word by Word
apāmof the waters
apām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootāp (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), 'also/even'
guṇaḥquality
guṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
jyotiṣāby fire/light
jyotiṣā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
pīyateis drunk/absorbed
pīyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pā (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Passive (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
saḥthat (quality)
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
naśyantiperish
naśyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√naś (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
āpaḥwaters
āpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāp (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
su-taptāḥwell-heated
su-taptāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + tapta (कृदन्त; √tap धातु, past participle)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: 'su tapta' = well-heated
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
rasa-tanmātra-saṃkṣayātfrom the loss of the taste-tanmātra
rasa-tanmātra-saṃkṣayāt:
Hetu (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootrasa (प्रातिपदिक) + tanmātra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa chain: 'rasasya tanmātrasya saṃkṣayaḥ' → 'from the destruction of the taste-tanmātra'
Speaker
Narrator/teacher