Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 137

Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds

Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सलिले तस्मिन् नष्टाग्नौ पृथिवीतले / प्रशान्तवाते ऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः

Transliteration

tataste salile tasmin naṣṭāgnau pṛthivītale / praśāntavāte 'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ

Translation

于是，在那片水中，当大地上的火焰熄灭、风息平静之时，四方皆被无光的黑暗所笼罩。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; enclitic form

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• naṣṭa-agnau: when the fire was extinguished
• naṣṭa-agnau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś धातु) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; naṣṭa-agni = 'fire having perished'

• pṛthivī-tale: on the earth’s surface
• pṛthivī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'on the surface of the earth'

• praśānta-vāte: when the wind was stilled
• praśānta-vāte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praśānta (कृदन्त, √śam धातु) + vāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'when the wind had calmed'

• andhakāre: in darkness
• andhakāre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• nirāloke: in a lightless state
• nirāloke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; nir-āloka = 'without light' (as a nominal)

• samantataḥ: everywhere/on all sides
• samantataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'on all sides'