Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 129
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
श्रुतिज्ञैः कारणैरेतैश्चतुर्भिः परिकीर्त्तिताः / बालिशास्ते न जानन्ति दैवतानि प्रभागशः
Transliteration
śrutijñaiḥ kāraṇairetaiścaturbhiḥ parikīrttitāḥ / bāliśāste na jānanti daivatāni prabhāgaśaḥ
Translation
The seers who know the Śruti have proclaimed these four causes; but the foolish do not discern the deities according to their proper divisions.
Word by Word
śruti-jñaiḥby those who know the Veda
śruti-jñaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रुतेः ज्ञैः)
kāraṇaiḥby reasons/causes
kāraṇaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
etaiḥby these
etaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; demonstrative ‘by these’
caturbhiḥby four
caturbhiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; numeral ‘by four’
parikīrttitāḥhave been proclaimed
parikīrttitāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रियापद-भाव; passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√kīrt (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘having been proclaimed’
bāliśāḥthe foolish
bāliśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbāliśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
jānantiknow
jānanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural
daivatānidivinities, deities
daivatāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaivata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
prabhāgaśaḥby divisions, separately
prabhāgaśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprabhāgaśas (अव्यय; from prabhāga)
FormIndeclinable adverb (शस्-प्रत्ययान्त; distributive ‘in parts/according to divisions’)