Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 70
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
यज्ञे पुनः पुनर्विष्णुर्यज्ञे ऽथ शिथिले प्रभुः / कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थान मधर्मस्य प्रणाशनम्
Transliteration
yajñe punaḥ punarviṣṇuryajñe 'tha śithile prabhuḥ / kartuṃ dharmavyavasthāna madharmasya praṇāśanam
Translation
In the sacrifice (yajña), Viṣṇu manifests again and again; and when the yajña grows slack, the Lord comes to establish the order of dharma and to destroy adharma.
Word by Word
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण
punaragain
punar:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (repetition)
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन (पुनरुक्तिः)
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक निपात (then/now)
śithilewhen (it was) slack/loose
śithile:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśithila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; विशेषण (locative absolute sense possible)
prabhuḥthe Lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
kartumto do/to establish
kartum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अर्थः 'to do/establish'
dharma-vyavasthānamthe establishment of dharma
dharma-vyavasthānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + vyavasthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन
adharmasyaof adharma
adharmasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootadharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन
praṇāśanamdestruction
praṇāśanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpraṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन