Shloka 57
Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः
Devanagari script
पितामहस्याथ परः परार्धद्वयसंमितः दिवा सृष्टं तु यत्सर्वं निशि नश्यति चास्य तत्
Transliteration
pitāmahasyātha paraḥ parārdhadvayasaṃmitaḥ divā sṛṣṭaṃ tu yatsarvaṃ niśi naśyati cāsya tat
Translation
പിതാമഹൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ദിനത്തിനപ്പുറം, രണ്ട് പരാർദ്ധമാത്രയ്ക്ക് തുല്യമായ അവന്റെ രാത്രി ഉണ്ടെന്ന് പറയുന്നു. അവന്റെ ദിനത്തിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ സമസ്ത സൃഷ്ടിയും ആ രാത്രിയിൽ വീണ്ടും ലയിച്ച് അസ്തമിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya)of Pitāmaha/Brahmā
पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya):
अथ (atha)then/thereupon
अथ (atha):
परः (paraḥ)the further (period)/beyond
परः (paraḥ):
परार्ध-द्वय-संमितः (parārdha-dvaya-saṃmitaḥ)measured as two parārdhas (an immense time-unit)
परार्ध-द्वय-संमितः (parārdha-dvaya-saṃmitaḥ):
दिवा (divā)in the day
दिवा (divā):
सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam)created/manifested
सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam):
तु (tu)indeed
तु (tu):
यत् (yat)whatever/that which
यत् (yat):
सर्वम् (sarvam)all/entire
सर्वम् (sarvam):
निशि (niśi)in the night
निशि (niśi):
नश्यति (naśyati)perishes/dissolves
नश्यति (naśyati):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
अस्य (asya)of him (Brahmā)
अस्य (asya):
तत् (tat)that (same creation).
तत् (tat):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)