Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 159
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
ततो गजकुलाकारास्तडिद्भिः समलङ्कृताः / उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा घोरा व्योम्नि संवर्तका घनाः
Transliteration
tato gajakulākārāstaḍidbhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ / uttiṣṭhanti tadā ghorā vyomni saṃvartakā ghanāḥ
Translation
तब आकाश में गज-समूह के आकार वाले, बिजली से अलंकृत, प्रलयकारी भयंकर मेघ उठ खड़े होते हैं।
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय): ‘thereupon/from that’
gaja-kula-ākārāḥelephant-herd-shaped
gaja-kula-ākārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaja (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘having the form of a herd of elephants’
taḍidbhiḥwith lightning flashes
taḍidbhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottaḍit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sam-alaṅkṛtāḥadorned
sam-alaṅkṛtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√alaṅkṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
uttiṣṭhantirise up, stand forth
uttiṣṭhanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√sthā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
ghorāḥterrible
ghorāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootghora (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vyomniin the sky
vyomni:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvyoman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃvartakāḥbringing dissolution (cataclysmic)
saṃvartakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃvartaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ghanāḥclouds
ghanāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootghana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)