Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 9
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
तामसे हरयो नाम वैकुण्ठा रेवतान्तरे / ते साध्याश्चाक्षुषे नाम्ना छन्दजा जज्ञिरे सुराः
Transliteration
tāmase harayo nāma vaikuṇṭhā revatāntare / te sādhyāścākṣuṣe nāmnā chandajā jajñire surāḥ
Translation
In the Tāmāsa Manvantara they were called Harayas, and in the Revata Manvantara, Vaikuṇṭhas. In the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara they appeared as the Sādhyas—devas born of Chandas, the sacred metres.
Word by Word
tāmasein the Tāmasa (period)
tāmase:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottāmasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in Tāmasa (Manvantara)’
harayaḥHarayas (a class of gods)
harayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
nāmaby name
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormParticle indicating appellation (नाम-प्रदर्शक अव्यय)
vaikuṇṭhāḥVaikuṇṭhas (a class of gods)
vaikuṇṭhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaikuṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
revatāntarein the Revata manvantara
revatāntare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrevatā-antara (प्रातिपदिक; components: revatā + antara)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘in the interval/Manvantara of Revata’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
sādhyāḥSādhyas (a class of gods)
sādhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
cākṣuṣein the Cākṣuṣa (period)
cākṣuṣe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in Cākṣuṣa (Manvantara)’
nāmnāby the name
nāmnā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by the name’
chandajāḥChandajas (Veda-born; a class of gods)
chandajāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootchandas-ja (प्रातिपदik; components: chandas + ja)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense ‘born from the Vedas/metres’
jajñirewere born/arose
jajñire:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
surāḥgods
surāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)