Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 128
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
देवानां देवभूताश्च ते वै सर्वप्रवर्त्तकाः / कर्म्मणां महतां ते हि कर्त्तारो जगदीश्वराः
Transliteration
devānāṃ devabhūtāśca te vai sarvapravarttakāḥ / karmmaṇāṃ mahatāṃ te hi karttāro jagadīśvarāḥ
Translation
They are divine even among the gods, the true instigators of all; the doers of mighty deeds are they—the Lords of the world.
Word by Word
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
deva-bhūtāḥgod-like / being gods
deva-bhūtāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; कर्मधारयः (‘deva-like/being gods’)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (वै; emphasis)
sarva-pravarttakāḥpromoters/initiators of all
sarva-pravarttakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pravarttaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वस्य प्रवर्तकाः)
karmaṇāmof actions
karmaṇām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
mahatāmgreat
mahatām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; विशेषण (great)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
hifor, indeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (हि; causal/emphatic)
karttāraḥdoers, agents
karttāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
jagad-īśvarāḥlords of the world
jagad-īśvarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः ईश्वराः)