Shloka 21
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
महेति व्यात्दृतेनैव महर्लोकस्ततो ऽभवत् / विनिवृत्ताधिकारणां देवानां तत्र वै क्षयः
Transliteration
maheti vyātdṛtenaiva maharlokastato 'bhavat / vinivṛttādhikāraṇāṃ devānāṃ tatra vai kṣayaḥ
Translation
‘మహః’ అనే వ్యాహృతిని ఉచ్చరించుట వలన మహర్లోకం ఏర్పడింది. అధికారము నివృత్తమైన దేవతలకు అక్కడ నిశ్చయంగా క్షయము కలుగుతుంది.
Word by Word
mahā‘Mahā’
mahā:
Karta (कर्ता; in quotation)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; quoted form in iti (as a name/utterance)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
vyāhṛtenaby the utterance
vyāhṛtena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeVerb
Root√hṛ (हृ धातु) + vyāhṛta (कृदन्त)
FormBhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle) used as adjective; Napumsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; instrumental (‘by the uttered [word]’)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)
mahar-lokaḥMaharloka
mahar-lokaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharloka (प्रातिपदिक; mahar + loka)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
tataḥthereupon
tataḥ:
Hetu/Upapada (हेतु/अव्ययार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (adverb) — ‘thereupon/therefore’
abhavatcame into being
abhavat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (imperfect/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
vinivṛtta-adhikārāṇāmof those whose authority has ceased
vinivṛtta-adhikārāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootvinivṛtta (कृदन्त; √vṛt/√vṛt? ‘to turn back’) + adhikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi-like adjectival compound used as adjective; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; qualifying devānām (‘of the gods whose authority has ceased/returned’)
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (locative adverb)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormNipāta — emphasis
kṣayaḥdestruction/decline
kṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana