Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 96
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
परं ह्यवरमेतस्माद्विश्वरूपान्न विद्यते / अष्टाविंशतिके तद्वद्द्वापरस्याथ संक्षये
Transliteration
paraṃ hyavarametasmādviśvarūpānna vidyate / aṣṭāviṃśatike tadvaddvāparasyātha saṃkṣaye
Translation
এই বিশ্বৰূপতকৈ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ বা হীন একোৱেই নাই। অষ্টাবিংশ (অৱতাৰ-ক্রম)তো তেনেদৰেই হয়, আৰু তেতিয়া দ্বাপৰযুগৰ সংক্ষয় ঘটে।
Word by Word
paramhigher, supreme
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसक), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom/Acc), Ekavacana; predicative ‘higher/supreme’
hiindeed
hi:
Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; causal/emphatic particle ‘indeed/for’
avaramlower
avaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootavara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; predicative ‘lower’
etasmātthan this
etasmāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka (contextual), Pañcamī (Ablative), Ekavacana; ‘than/from this’ (comparative source)
viśva-rūpātfrom the universal form
viśva-rūpāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source; with etasmāt)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘universal-formed’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation
vidyateexists, is found
vidyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
FormLaṭ (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; existential ‘is found/exists’
aṣṭāviṃśatikein the twenty-eighth (cycle/period)
aṣṭāviṃśatike:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭāviṃśatika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; dvigu-based numeral noun ‘in the twenty-eighth (set/period)’
tadvatlikewise
tadvat:
Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadvat (अव्यय-प्रयोग/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; manner adverb ‘likewise/in the same way’
dvāparasyaof the Dvāpara (age)
dvāparasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana
athathen
atha:
Nipāta (निपात/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; discourse particle ‘then/now/and then’
saṃkṣayeat the end, at the dissolution
saṃkṣaye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; time-locative ‘at the end’