Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 10
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
तेनाग्निना विलीनास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः / शैल्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुना ये तु संहिताः
Transliteration
tenāgninā vilīnāste parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ / śailyādekārṇave tasminvāyunā ye tu saṃhitāḥ
Translation
ਉਸ ਅੱਗ ਨਾਲ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਹਰ ਥਾਂ ਪਹਾੜ ਪਿਘਲ ਗਏ। ਉਸ ਇਕ ਮਹਾਸਾਗਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੱਟਾਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਢੇਰ, ਜੋ ਹਵਾ ਨੇ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਸਨ।
Word by Word
tenaby that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga/napuṃsaka-prayoga (pronoun), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
agnināby fire
agninā:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
vilīnāḥmelted/dissolved
vilīnāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (predicate to subject)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√lī (धातु)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; predicate adjective
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; pronoun
parvatāḥmountains
parvatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to te)
TypeNoun
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana
bhuvion the earth
bhuvi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Rootbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana
sarvaśaḥeverywhere/entirely
sarvaśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb) meaning ‘entirely/everywhere’
śailyātfrom the mountain (mass)
śailyāt:
Apādāna (अपादान; source)
TypeNoun
Rootśaila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
eka-arṇavein the single ocean
eka-arṇave:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (descriptive: ‘one’ + ‘ocean’); Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana; deictic pronoun
vāyunāby wind
vāyunā:
Karaṇa (करण; instrument/agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana
yewhich/that (those who)
ye:
Karta (कर्ता; subject of relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
saṃhitāḥwere gathered/compacted together
saṃhitāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (predicate to ye)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√dhā / sam-√hi (धातु; ‘to put together’)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana