Shloka 12

Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation

Sanskrit

तेनाग्निना विशीर्णास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः ।

शैला एकार्णवे मग्ना वायुनापस्तु संहताः ॥

Transliteration

tenāgninā viśīrṇās te parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ /

śailā ekārṇave magnā vāyunāpas tu saṃhatāḥ

Translation

اُس آگ سے زمین بھر کے پہاڑ ریزہ ریزہ ہو گئے؛ چٹانی تودے ایک ہی مہاسागर میں ڈوب گئے، اور ہوا نے پانیوں کو سمیٹ کر اکٹھا کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (instr sg pronoun)

• अग्निना: by fire
• अग्निना: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (masc instr sg)

• विशीर्णाः: shattered
• विशीर्णाः: क्रिया (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘shattered/disintegrated’

• ते: those
• ते: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (masc nom pl pronoun)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• भुवि: on the earth
• भुवि: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (fem loc sg)

• सर्वशः: everywhere/entirely
• सर्वशः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: entirely/on all sides)

• शैलाः: rocks/mountains
• शैलाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• एकार्णवे: in the single ocean (cosmic sea)
• एकार्णवे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक; एक + अर्णव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (masc loc sg)

• मग्नाः: submerged
• मग्नाः: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मग्न (प्रातिपदिक; from √मज्ज्)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc nom pl)

• वायुनā: by the wind
• वायुनā: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (masc instr sg)

• अपः: the waters
• अपः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (fem nom pl)

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• संहताः: were gathered together
• संहताः: क्रिया (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-हन्/सम्-धा (धातु; sense ‘gathered/compacted’)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘gathered/compacted’ (agreeing with अपः)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within cosmological account

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Cosmic elements (Agni, Vayu) as pralaya factors

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Pralaya mechanics
• Elements
• Ekarnava

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even the most ‘solid’ certainties (mountains) are subject to dissolution; the passage inculcates detachment and recognition of elemental supremacy in cosmic cycles.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Pralaya/Pratisarga interface: description recalls pralaya conditions (ekārṇava, saṃvartakāgni) to frame the subsequent re-creation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Agni (transformative force) breaks fixed forms; Vāyu (motion/prāṇa) gathers the waters—together symbolizing purification and reconfiguration of the field before new manifestation.