Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 32
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
त्रयो वर्णास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रैविद्यं पावकास्त्रयः / त्रैकाल्यं त्रीणि कर्माणि तिस्रो मात्रा गुणास्त्रयः
Transliteration
trayo varṇāstrayo lokāstraividyaṃ pāvakāstrayaḥ / traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi tisro mātrā guṇāstrayaḥ
Translation
Three are the varṇas, three the worlds, the triple sacred knowledge, and three holy fires; threefold is time, three are the rites, three the measures, and three the guṇas.
Word by Word
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
varṇāḥclasses/varṇas
varṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
lokāḥworlds
lokāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
traividyamthe threefold knowledge (trayī)
traividyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottri + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu compound meaning 'threefold knowledge'
pāvakāḥfires
pāvakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
traikālyamthe three times (past, present, future)
traikālyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottri + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu compound
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
karmāṇiactions/rites
karmāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)
tisraḥthree
tisraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
mātrāḥmeasures/syllabic units
mātrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
guṇāḥqualities (guṇas)
guṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective