Brahma Purana — The Naimittika and Prākṛta Dissolutions: Cosmic Absorption into Viṣṇu, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
पद्मयोनेर् दिनं यत् तु चतुर्युगसहस्रवत् एकार्णवकृते लोके तावती रात्रिर् उच्यते //
Translation
คาถาที่เก้า—กล่าวถึงสัจธรรมเพื่อธรรมะ; เมื่อสดับแล้วจิตย่อมผ่องใสบริสุทธิ์।
Word by Word
padma-yoneḥof the lotus-born (Brahmā)
padma-yoneḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpadma + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): padmasya yoniḥ (whose source is the lotus)
dinamday
dinam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdina (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
yatwhich
yat:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; relative pronoun
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), adversative/emphatic
catur-yuga-sahasra-vatlike a thousand (sets of) four yugas
catur-yuga-sahasra-vat:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur + yuga + sahasra + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; तद्धितान्त (-वत्) ‘having/like’; compound sense: ‘like (consisting of) a thousand four-yugas’
eka-arṇava-kṛtewhen (it is) made into a single ocean
eka-arṇava-kṛte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka + arṇava + kṛta (कृदन्त from √kṛ (कृ) + क्त)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; kṛta (past passive participle, क्त); तत्पुरुष: ‘made into one ocean’
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
tāvatīof that same measure/so long
tāvatī:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
rātriḥnight
rātriḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ucyateis said/is called
ucyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Vyāsa narrating