Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 114

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

उच्चत्वाद्दृश्यते शीघ्रं नीतिव्यक्तैर्गभस्तिभिः / तदा दक्षिणमार्गस्यो नीयां विथीमुपाश्रितः

Transliteration

uccatvāddṛśyate śīghraṃ nītivyaktairgabhastibhiḥ / tadā dakṣiṇamārgasyo nīyāṃ vithīmupāśritaḥ

Translation

بلندی کے سبب وہ اپنے واضح شعاعوں سے جلد دکھائی دیتا ہے؛ تب وہ دَکشن مارگ کی نیچی راہ (ویتھی) اختیار کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• uccatvāt: because of height/elevation
• uccatvāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Pañcamī (Abl., 5th), Ekavacana; hetu-ablative

• dṛśyate: is seen
• dṛśyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive sense (is seen)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prayoga)
• Form: Avyaya; kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverb)

• nīti-vyaktaiḥ: made manifest (clearly shown) by proper method
• nīti-vyaktaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīti (प्रातिपदिक) + vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.)/Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.)? here Instrumental plural agreeing with gabhastibhiḥ (m.): Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instr., 3rd), Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya: nītyā vyaktāḥ (made manifest by proper method)

• gabhastibhiḥ: by rays
• gabhastibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gabhasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr., 3rd), Bahuvacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya

• dakṣiṇa-mārgasya: of the southern path
• dakṣiṇa-mārgasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen., 6th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: dakṣiṇasya mārgaḥ

• nīyām: lower
• nīyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc., 2nd), Ekavacana; agrees with vithīm

• vithīm: track; course
• vithīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vithī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc., 2nd), Ekavacana

• upāśritaḥ: having resorted to; having taken
• upāśritaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-ā-śri (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle, Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana; predicative to implied subject (candramāḥ/sūryaḥ contextually)