Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 113

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

गतिस्तासु च सूर्यस्य नीचौच्चे त्वयनक्रमात् / उत्तरायणमार्गस्थो यदा पर्वसु चन्द्रमाः

Transliteration

gatistāsu ca sūryasya nīcaucce tvayanakramāt / uttarāyaṇamārgastho yadā parvasu candramāḥ

Translation

Sa mga landas ng nakṣatra, ang galaw ng Araw ay nagiging mababa at mataas ayon sa ayana; at sa mga panahong parva, ang Buwan ay nasa daan ng Uttarāyaṇa.

Word by Word

• gatiḥ: movement; course
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana

• tāsu: in those (constellations/paths)
• tāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya

• sūryasya: of the Sun
• sūryasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen., 6th), Ekavacana

• nīca-ucche: in low and high (positions)
• nīca-ucche: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīca (प्रातिपदिक) + ucca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī (Loc., 7th), Ekavacana; dvandva (itaretara): nīce ca ucce ca (in low and high positions)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha-sūcaka (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; virodha/avadhāraṇa particle

• ayana-kramāt: from the order of the ayana (north/south course)
• ayana-kramāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayana (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Pañcamī (Abl., 5th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ayanasya kramaḥ (sequence of the solstitial course)

• uttarāyaṇa-mārga-sthaḥ: situated on the northern course-path
• uttarāyaṇa-mārga-sthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttarāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: uttarāyaṇasya mārge sthaḥ

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• parvasu: at the lunar phases/junction days
• parvasu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Saptamī (Loc., 7th), Bahuvacana

• candramāḥ: the Moon
• candramāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana