Brahma Purana — The Conflagration of the Great Dissolution and Markandeya’s Refuge at the Eternal Banyan, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
निर्दहन् नागलोकं च यच् च किंचित् क्षिताव् इह अधस्तान् मुनिशार्दूलाः सर्वं नाशयते क्षणात् //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य षष्ठः पादः ज्ञानवैराग्ययोः प्रशंसां करोति, मोक्षमार्गं सूचयन्।
Word by Word
nirdahanburning
nirdahan:
Karta (कर्ता) (participle qualifying saḥ/vahniḥ)
TypeVerb
Rootnirdahant (कृदन्त; √dah्/दह् धातु, nir-उपसर्ग)
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘burning’
nāga-lokamthe serpent-world (Nāgaloka)
nāga-lokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnāga (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — तत्पुरुष (nāgānāṃ lokaḥ)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
yatwhatever
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
kiṃcitanything at all
kiṃcit:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiṃcit (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)
kṣitauon the earth
kṣitau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣiti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
ihahere
iha:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
adhastātbelow
adhastāt:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhastāt (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) — ‘below’
muni-śārdūlāḥO tigers among sages
muni-śārdūlāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — तत्पुरुष (munīnām śārdūlāḥ = ‘tigers among sages’)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
nāśayatedestroys
nāśayate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√naś (नश् धातु; causative sense)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — णिच्-अर्थ (causative: ‘causes to perish/destroys’)
kṣaṇātin an instant / from a moment
kṣaṇāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic speaker) addressing sages (munis)
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