Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
आपो ग्रसन्ति वै पूर्वं भूमेर् गन्धादिकं गुणम् आत्तगन्धा ततो भूमिः प्रलयाय प्रकल्पते //
Translation
ഇത് ചതുര്ദശ ശ്ലോകം—പുരാണരീതിയിൽ ധർമ്മവും അർത്ഥവും പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
āpaḥwaters
āpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāp (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
grasantiswallow/absorb
grasanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgras (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle/emphasis (निपात)
pūrvamfirst/previously
pūrvam:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण), accusative-used adverbial form
bhūmeḥof the earth
bhūmeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
gandha-ādikambeginning with smell (etc.)
gandha-ādikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootgandha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'gandhaḥ ādiḥ yasya' = beginning with smell
guṇamquality
guṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
ātta-gandhāḥhaving taken (the) smell
ātta-gandhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootātta (कृदन्त; √dā/√ādā धातु, past participle) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: 'āttaḥ gandhaḥ yābhiḥ' = having taken smell
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Kāla/Hetu (काल/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
bhūmiḥthe earth
bhūmiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
pralayāyafor dissolution
pralayāya:
Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootpralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन)
prakalpateis prepared/comes to be fit
prakalpate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kḷp (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Narrator/teacher to ‘dvijāḥ’ (implied from surrounding verses)