Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 143
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
स्वयंभुवो ऽथ ज्येष्ठस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः / प्रत्येकवेद्यंभवति त्रेतास्विह पुनः पुनः
Transliteration
svayaṃbhuvo 'tha jyeṣṭhasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / pratyekavedyaṃbhavati tretāsviha punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
স্বয়ম্ভূ, জ্যেষ্ঠ পরমেষ্ঠী ব্রহ্মার বিষয়ে—ত্রেতাযুগে এখানে বারংবার প্রত্যেক বেদ পৃথকভাবে জ্ঞেয় হয়।
Word by Word
svayaṃbhuvaḥthe self-born ones
svayaṃbhuvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsvayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः—स्वयं भूः यस्य सः (self-born)
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; sambandha-bodhaka/anuvādaka (particle: then/now)
jyeṣṭhasyaof the eldest
jyeṣṭhasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootjyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
parameṣṭhinaḥof the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
parameṣṭhinaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootparameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
pratyeka-vedyamindividually knowable (as separate)
pratyeka-vedyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootpratyeka (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vedya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—प्रत्येकं वेद्यं (individually knowable/each separately knowable)
bhavatibecomes
bhavati:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)
tretāsuin the Tretā (yugas)
tretāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottretā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana (Plural)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; deśa-avyaya (adverb of place: here)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; kāla-avyaya (adverb: again)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; punarukti for emphasis (again and again)