Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 119
ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
Devanagari script
दक्षिणायनमार्गस्थो यदा चरति रश्मिवान् / तदा सर्वग्रहाणां च सूर्यो ऽधस्तात्प्रसर्पति
Transliteration
dakṣiṇāyanamārgastho yadā carati raśmivān / tadā sarvagrahāṇāṃ ca sūryo 'dhastātprasarpati
Translation
Kapag ang Surya na may sinag ay naglalakbay sa landas ng dakṣiṇāyana, noon ay tila dumudulas siya pababa, sa ilalim ng lahat ng graha.
Word by Word
dakṣiṇa-ayana-mārga-sthaḥsituated on the southern-solstice path
dakṣiṇa-ayana-mārga-sthaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ayana (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular; ‘situated in the path of the southern course’
yadāwhen
yadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय; temporal adverb
caratimoves
carati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√car (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘moves’
raśmivānradiant; possessing rays
raśmivān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootraśmi-vat (प्रातिपदिक; -वत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय; correlative adverb
sarva-grahāṇāmof all the planets
sarva-grahāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; Genitive plural
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction
sūryaḥthe Sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular
adhastātbelow/downwards
adhastāt:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhastāt (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय; adverb of place
prasarpatimoves/creeps forth
prasarpati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sṛp (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन