Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 57
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
ततो ऽसृजत भूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च / सृष्ट्वा यक्षपिशाचांश्च गन्धर्वप्सरसस्तदा
Transliteration
tato 'sṛjata bhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca / sṛṣṭvā yakṣapiśācāṃśca gandharvapsarasastadā
Translation
তারপর তিনি চল ও অচল জীব সৃষ্টি করলেন; এবং তখনই যক্ষ, পিশাচ, গন্ধর্ব ও অপ্সরাদেরও সৃষ্টি করলেন।
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla/krama (काल/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
asṛjatahe created
asṛjata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (सृज् धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
bhūtānibeings
bhūtāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
carāṇimoving
carāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying ‘bhūtāni’
sthāvarāṇiimmobile
sthāvarāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthāvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying ‘bhūtāni’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (सृज् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having created’
yakṣa-piśācānyakṣas and piśācas
yakṣa-piśācān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
gandharva-apsarasaḥgandharvas and apsarases
gandharva-apsarasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग) + Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग) (mixed), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva; understood as another created class
tadāat that time
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)