Shloka 23

Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga

Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes

Devanagari script

ये ते स्वायंभुवाद्या हि पुरस्तात्परिकीर्त्तिताः / कल्प एते यदा लोके प्रतिष्ठन्ति तदा तपः

Transliteration

ye te svāyaṃbhuvādyā hi purastātparikīrttitāḥ / kalpa ete yadā loke pratiṣṭhanti tadā tapaḥ

Translation

ਜੋ ਸਵਾਯੰਭੁਵ ਆਦਿ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਰਣਿਤ ਹਨ—ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਕਲਪ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਿਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਤਦੋਂ ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਹ ਚਲ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; correlative pronoun

• svāyaṃbhuva-ādyāḥ: beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva
• svāyaṃbhuva-ādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svāyaṃbhuva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ‘beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta — indeed/for

• purastāt: previously
• purastāt: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (काल/देश अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purastāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla/deśa-avyaya (adverb) — ‘formerly/before’

• parikīrtitāḥ: have been described
• parikīrtitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √kīrt (कीर्त् धातु) + parikīrtita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; predicative (‘have been proclaimed’)

• kalpe: in the kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana; locative (‘in a kalpa’)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal conjunction)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• pratiṣṭhanti: become established
• pratiṣṭhanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (then)

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; (elliptic predicate/subject; sense: ‘(there is) austerity’ or ‘austerity (is [their state])’)