Shloka 141
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
सत्त्वोद्रेकात्प्रबुद्धस्तु स शून्यं लोकमैक्षत / अनेनाद्येन पादेन पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्
Transliteration
sattvodrekātprabuddhastu sa śūnyaṃ lokamaikṣata / anenādyena pādena purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
Translation
Éveillé par l’essor du sattva, il contempla le monde vide. Par ce premier membre, le Purana est ainsi proclamé.
Word by Word
sattva-udrekātfrom the rise of sattva
sattva-udrekāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक) + udreka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from the increase of sattva'
prabuddhaḥawakened
prabuddhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-√budh (धातु) (कृदन्त: प्रबुद्ध)
FormPast participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'awakened'
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
śūnyamemptiness/void
śūnyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used substantively
lokamthe world
lokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
aikṣatahe beheld
aikṣata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√īkṣ (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; 'saw/beheld'
anenaby this/with this
anena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
ādyenafirst/initial
ādyena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; qualifying pādena
pādenaby the quarter/verse-foot
pādena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
purāṇamthe Purāṇa
purāṇam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
parikīrtitamhas been proclaimed
parikīrtitam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√kīrt (धातु) (कृदन्त: परिकीर्तित)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; 'has been proclaimed/recited'