Shloka 85

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तानि निर्मितानि स्वयंभुवा / स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावदात्रूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

kalpādau saṃpravṛttāni nirmitāni svayaṃbhuvā / sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvadātrūtasaṃplavam

Translation

В начале кальпы этот порядок пришёл в действие и был создан Сваямбху (Брахмой). Эти обители стоят до тех пор, пока не придёт великий потоп пралайи — маха-самплава.

Word by Word

• kalpa-ādau: at the beginning of the kalpa
• kalpa-ādau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃpravṛttāni: set in motion/begun
• saṃpravṛttāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• nirmitāni: created/constructed
• nirmitāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• svayaṃbhuvā: by Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)
• svayaṃbhuvā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sthānāni: stations/places
• sthānāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• etāni: these
• etāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tiṣṭhanti: stand/remain
• tiṣṭhanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/conjunction of limit (अवधिबोधक अव्यय)

• ātrūta-saṃplavam: the Ātrūta dissolution/deluge
• ātrūta-saṃplavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātrūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)