Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 127
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
मत्तः पूर्व्वे च ते तस्मात्प्रभवश्च ततो ऽधिकाः / तथाधिकरणैरतैर्यथा तत्त्वनिदर्शकाः
Transliteration
mattaḥ pūrvve ca te tasmātprabhavaśca tato 'dhikāḥ / tathādhikaraṇairatairyathā tattvanidarśakāḥ
Translation
They exist even before me; therefore their manifestation arises from me, and yet they are spoken of as still more exalted—abiding in those bases that reveal the truth of tattva.
Word by Word
mattaḥfrom me
mattaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; pronoun form ‘from me’
pūrvveearlier, former
pūrvve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; विशेषण (earlier/previous)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative pronoun
tasmāttherefore, from that
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादानार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात्-शब्दः; ‘therefore/from that’)
prabhavaḥorigin, arising
prabhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः; ‘then/from there’)
adhikāḥgreater, superior
adhikāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; comparative sense ‘superior/more’
tathāthus, likewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (तथा; manner)
adhikaraṇaiḥby means of bases/grounds
adhikaraṇaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootadhikaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
ataiḥby these
ataiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rooteta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; demonstrative ‘by these’ (reading: etaiḥ)
yathāas, just as
yathā:
Sambandha (उपमान/उदाहरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (यथा; comparative/illustrative)
tattva-nidarśakāḥrevealers of truth
tattva-nidarśakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + nidarśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तत्त्वस्य निदर्शकाः)