Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 45
Agnibheda–Vaṃśa: Forms of Agni, Their Functions, and Progeny (अग्निभेद-वंशः)
Devanagari script
आदिसर्गे व्यतीता वै यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः / स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वमग्नयस्तेभिमानिनः
Transliteration
ādisarge vyatītā vai yāmaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ / svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrvamagnayastebhimāninaḥ
Translation
In the primal creation they passed the ages together with the Yāmas and the foremost gods; before the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, those Agnis bore the pride of their appointed stations.
Word by Word
ādi-sargein the primordial creation
ādi-sarge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
vyatītāḥhaving passed/elapsed
vyatītāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ati-√i (धातु) ; vyatīta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
yāmaiḥwith Yāmas (a class of beings)
yāmaiḥ:
Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormPreposition-like indeclinable (सह), governs Instrumental
sura-uttamaiḥwith the best of the gods
sura-uttamaiḥ:
Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
svāyaṃbhuvein (the time of) Svāyaṃbhuva
svāyaṃbhuve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvāyaṃbhuva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); used for Manu Svāyaṃbhuva
antarein the interval (manvantara)
antare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pūrvamformerly, earlier
pūrvam:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण)
agnayaḥthe fires
agnayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
abhimāninaḥself-identifying/proud (as presiding deities)
abhimāninaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhimānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)