Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 58
Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)
Devanagari script
धर्माधर्मौं न तेष्वास्ता नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः / न तेष्वस्ति युगावस्था क्षेत्रेष्वष्टासु सर्वशः
Transliteration
dharmādharmauṃ na teṣvāstā nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ / na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭāsu sarvaśaḥ
Translation
In them there is neither dharma nor adharma, nor any division into high, low, or middling; and throughout the eight realms there is no condition of the yugas at all.
Word by Word
dharma-adharmaudharma and adharma
dharma-adharmau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma + adharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva compound (द्वन्द्व): ‘dharma and adharma’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
teṣuamong/in them
teṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
āstāwere (present)
āstā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootās (आस् धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन); ‘were/ existed’
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
uttama-adhama-madhyamāḥ(categories of) superior, inferior, and middle
uttama-adhama-madhyamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuttama + adhama + madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva (द्वन्द्व) triad: ‘the best, the worst, and the middling’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
teṣuamong/in them
teṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
astiis/exists
asti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yuga-avasthāthe yuga-condition (succession of ages)
yuga-avasthā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga + avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): ‘state/condition of yugas’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kṣetreṣuin the regions/fields
kṣetreṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
aṣṭāsuin eight
aṣṭāsu:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with implied feminine (e.g., diś/avasthā?) or taken with kṣetreṣu by sense ‘in eight (regions)’
sarvaśaḥentirely/in all respects
sarvaśaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarva + śas (प्रातिपदिक + शस्)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय) with śas (शस्) distributive: ‘in every way/entirely’