Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 136
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणो ऽहनि / तावत्कालं रजन्यां च वर्तन्त्यां सलिलात्मनः
Transliteration
tasmin yugasahasrānte saṃsthite brahmaṇo 'hani / tāvatkālaṃ rajanyāṃ ca vartantyāṃ salilātmanaḥ
Translation
在千劫终了、梵天之日安住而尽时，于同等时量的梵天之夜，一切皆唯以水性而存。
Word by Word
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
yuga-sahasra-anteat the end of a thousand yugas
yuga-sahasra-ante:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga + sahasra + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘at the end of a thousand yugas’
saṃsthitewhen established/at the settling
saṃsthite:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; locative absolute nuance)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√sthā (स्था धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक); ‘when (it) has come to rest/been established’
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
ahanion the day
ahani:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tāvat-kālaṃfor that long a time
tāvat-kālaṃ:
Kāla (काल; duration)
TypeNoun
Roottāvat + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); duration accusative
rajanyāṃin the night
rajanyāṃ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrajanī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
vartantyāṃwhile (it) continues
vartantyāṃ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण; locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Root√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); locative absolute with rajanyām: ‘while the night is going on’
salila-ātmanaḥof (that which is) of the nature of water
salila-ātmanaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootsalila + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of water-natured (one/thing)’