Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

प्रत्याहारैस् तु ताः सर्वाः प्रविशन्ति परस्परम् येनेदम् आवृतं सर्वम् अण्डम् अप्सु प्रलीयते //

Translation

ខគម្ពីរនេះបង្ហាញតែលេខ «៣០» ប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដោយគ្មានអត្ថបទសំស្ក្រឹត ដូច្នេះមិនអាចបកប្រែបាន។

Word by Word

• pratyāhāraiḥ: by withdrawals/absorptions (pratyāhāras)
• pratyāhāraiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyāhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• tāḥ: those (f.)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• praviśanti: enter
• praviśanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• parasparam: into one another/mutually
• parasparam: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Reciprocal adverb (परस्पर-अव्यय)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• āvṛtam: covered/enveloped
• āvṛtam: Kriya-visheshana / Predicative (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• aṇḍam: the cosmic egg
• aṇḍam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• apsu: in the waters
• apsu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pralīyate: dissolves/merges
• pralīyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-lī (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• A Purāṇic narrator/instructor addressing brahmins (implied by later 'dvijāḥ')