Shloka 4

Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala

Earth after Pralaya

Devanagari script

निशयामिव खद्योतः प्रावृट् काले ततस्तदा / तदा कामेन तरसामन्यामानःस्वयं धिया

Transliteration

niśayāmiva khadyotaḥ prāvṛṭ kāle tatastadā / tadā kāmena tarasāmanyāmānaḥsvayaṃ dhiyā

Translation

如同雨季之夜的萤火微光，那时他被欲愿之势所驱，以自身的智慧向他处寻觅。

Word by Word

• niśayām: night
• niśayām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• khadyotaḥ: firefly
• khadyotaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khadyota (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• prāvṛṭ: the rainy season
• prāvṛṭ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvṛṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ऋतु-विशेषः (name of season)

• kāle: in (the) time/season
• kāle: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: thereupon/from that
• tataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अपादानार्थक/क्रमसूचक (from there/thereupon)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• kāmena: by desire/impulse
• kāmena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tarasā: with speed/force
• tarasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (in the sense of speed/force)

• manyamānaḥ: thinking/considering
• manyamānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (active sense), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• svayam: by himself
• svayam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: आत्मवाचक-अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• dhiyā: by intellect
• dhiyā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)