Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 49
Devanagari script
उपचारात् तथाप्य् एतत् तस्येशस्य तु कथ्यते इत्य् एष मुनिशार्दूलाः कथितः प्राकृतो लयः //
Translation
ഇത് നാൽപ്പത്തൊമ്പതാമത്തെ ശ്ലോകമാണ്।
Word by Word
upacārātfrom convention/figurative usage
upacārāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootupacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāthus/so
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), concessive/emphatic
etatthis (statement/thing)
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tasyaof that
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
īśasyaof the Lord
īśasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), adversative/emphatic
kathyateis said/ is described
kathyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative indeclinable (अव्यय-उद्धरणसूचक)
eṣaḥthis (one/this)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
muniśārdūlāḥO tigers among sages
muniśārdūlāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'munīnām śārdūlāḥ' (best of sages)
kathitaḥhas been told/declared
kathitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
prākṛtaḥnatural/ordinary
prākṛtaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying 'layaḥ'
layaḥdissolution/absorption
layaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootlaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
A narrator/teacher addressing ‘muniśārdūlāḥ’ (eminent sages).