Shloka 53

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

Devanagari script

जनलोके विवर्त्तन्ते संवर्त्तः प्लवते जगत् / व्युष्टायां तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तयोनितः

Transliteration

janaloke vivarttante saṃvarttaḥ plavate jagat / vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇo 'vyaktayonitaḥ

Translation

Ils demeurent dans le Janaloka ; lors du Saṃvarta, le monde semble flotter dans le déluge du pralaya. Puis, la nuit passée, de Brahmā dont la matrice est l’Inmanifesté, (la création renaît).

Word by Word

• jana-loke: in Janaloka
• jana-loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (place-name), Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana

• vivarttante: they turn about; remain active
• vivarttante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana, Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• saṃvarttaḥ: the dissolution; cosmic retraction
• saṃvarttaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvartta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana

• plavate: floats; is inundated
• plavate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √plu (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Ātmanepada

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana

• vyuṣṭāyām: when ended; at dawn (having passed)
• vyuṣṭāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√uṣ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; Strīliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana; qualifies rajanyām; locative absolute sense 'when the night has ended'

• tu: but; then
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात)

• rajanyām: in the night
• rajanyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निपात)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Brahmā), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• avyakta-yoneḥ: of (him) whose source is the Unmanifest
• avyakta-yoneḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदik) + yoni (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (karmadhāraya: 'avyaktā yoniḥ' = unmanifest source), Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana; in apposition to brahmaṇaḥ (genitive)