Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सो ऽप्य् अंशः सर्वभूतस्य द्विजेन्द्राः परमात्मनः नश्यन्ति सर्वा यत्रापि नामजात्यादिकल्पनाः //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 36) doit être lu avec révérence afin de comprendre le Dharma et la tradition ancienne.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he/that
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-प्रयोग (particle: also/even)

• aṃśaḥ: portion / part
• aṃśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarva-bhūtasya: of all beings
• sarva-bhūtasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Genitive relation
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive 6th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (of all beings)

• dvijendrāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvijendrāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे (used in address)

• paramātmanaḥ: of the Supreme Self
• paramātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Genitive relation
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive 6th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (of the Supreme Self)

• naśyanti: perish / cease
• naśyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण to kalpanāḥ

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/अधिकरणवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-प्रयोग (even/also)

• nāma-jāti-ādi-kalpanāḥ: conceptions such as name and class (species)
• nāma-jāti-ādi-kalpanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāma (प्रातिपदिक) + jāti (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + kalpanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (name-and-class etc. conceptualizations)

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator/instructor to brahmins