Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 50
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
भूरादिषु महान्तेषु भृशं व्याप्ते यथाग्निना / शिखाः संवर्त्तकाग्नेर्याः प्राप्नुवन्ति सवासनाः
Transliteration
bhūrādiṣu mahānteṣu bhṛśaṃ vyāpte yathāgninā / śikhāḥ saṃvarttakāgneryāḥ prāpnuvanti savāsanāḥ
Translation
भू आदि महान् लोकों में जब अग्नि से अत्यन्त व्याप्ति हो जाती है, तब संवर्तक अग्नि की ज्वालाएँ, वासना सहित, वहाँ तक पहुँच जाती हैं।
Word by Word
bhūḥ-ādiṣuin Bhū and the other (worlds/elements)
bhūḥ-ādiṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhū (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (समाहार/ādi-artha: 'bhū-ādi'), Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana
mahānteṣugreat; vast
mahānteṣu:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahant (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana; adjective qualifying bhūḥ-ādiṣu
bhṛśamexceedingly
bhṛśam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhṛśam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'excessively'
vyāptewhen (it is) pervaded
vyāpte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√āp (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Locative singular (सप्तमी एकवचन) neuter/masc. agreeing with implied 'loke/viśve' or with bhūḥ-ādiṣu as locative absolute sense; meaning 'when pervaded'
yathāas; just as
yathā:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, comparative particle (उपमानवाचक)
agnināby fire
agninā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana
śikhāḥflames
śikhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśikhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana
saṃvarttaka-agneḥof the Saṃvarttaka fire (fire of dissolution)
saṃvarttaka-agneḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃvarttaka (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ('saṃvarttakaḥ agniḥ'), Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
yāḥwhich
yāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun referring to śikhāḥ
prāpnuvantireach; attain
prāpnuvanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana, Parasmaipada
sa-vāsanāḥwith coverings/vestures (enveloped)
sa-vāsanāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vāsanā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi ('vāsanāḥ santi yeṣām' / 'having coverings/vestures'), Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahuvacana; qualifies śikhāḥ/yāḥ