Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
तत्रास्थिते निशा तस्य तत्प्रमाणा तपोधनाः नैवाहस् तस्य च निशा नित्यस्य परमात्मनः //
Translation
ഇത് നാൽപ്പത്തെട്ടാമത്തെ ശ്ലോകമാണ്।
Word by Word
tatrathere/then
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
āsthitewhen (it is) situated/when it remains
āsthite:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootā-√sthā (स्था) (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); locative absolute sense with tatra
niśānight
niśā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tat-pramāṇāof that measure (equal in measure)
tat-pramāṇā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: tasya pramāṇam yasyāḥ (of that measure)
tapo-dhanāḥO you whose wealth is austerity
tapo-dhanāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Roottapas + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुव्रीहि: tapo dhanaṃ yeṣām (whose wealth is austerity)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
ahaḥday
ahaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootahar/ahas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
niśānight
niśā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nityasyaof the eternal
nityasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
paramātmanaḥof the Supreme Self
paramātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootparama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: paramasya ātmā
Speaker
A narrator/teacher addressing ‘tapodhanāḥ’ (ascetic sages).