Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 139
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
शार इत्येव शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातु रुच्यते / एकर्णवे ततस्तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावर जङ्गमे / तदा भवति स ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
Transliteration
śāra ityeva śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhātu rucyate / ekarṇave tatastasminnaṣṭe sthāvara jaṅgame / tadā bhavati sa brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Translation
‘शार’ हा धातु ‘शीर्ण’ (क्षीण) अर्थाने अनेक प्रकारे मानला जातो. त्या एकमेव प्रलय-सागरात स्थावर-जंगम सर्व नष्ट झाल्यावर, तोच ब्रह्मा सहस्र नेत्रांचा व सहस्र पायांचा झाला।
Word by Word
śāraḥ‘śāra’ (a term)
śāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
itithus/‘…’
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, quotative particle (इति-निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
śīrṇewhen (it is) destroyed/decayed
śīrṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśīrṇa (कृदन्त, √śṝ धातु)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; used adverbially 'when (it is) decayed/destroyed'; gender context-dependent (here locative absolute)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/विरोध)
nānārthaḥhaving many meanings
nānārthaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā (अव्यय) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying dhātuḥ
dhātuḥverbal root (dhātu)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
rucyateis accepted/is used
rucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ruc (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Singular; passive-like sense 'is found pleasing/accepted'
ekārṇavein the one ocean (deluge)
ekārṇave:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya compound; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in the single ocean (cosmic flood)'
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb of sequence
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
naṣṭewhen destroyed
naṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; locative absolute with tasmin: 'when (it was) destroyed'
sthāvarein the immobile (beings)
sthāvare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular/Collective; paired with jaṅgame as a dvandva-like coordination without compound
jaṅgamein the mobile (beings)
jaṅgame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular/Collective
tadāthen/at that time
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, temporal adverb
bhavatibecomes/is
bhavati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular (irregular stem: brahmā)
sahasra-akṣaḥthousand-eyed
sahasra-akṣaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one whose eyes are a thousand'
sahasra-pātthousand-footed
sahasra-pāt:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + pād (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one whose feet are a thousand'