Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 74

कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्

Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū

Devanagari script

यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि तेषु देवो न वर्षति / उद्भिदान्युदकान्यत्र प्रवहन्ति सरिद्वराः

Transliteration

yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni teṣu devo na varṣati / udbhidānyudakānyatra pravahanti saridvarāḥ

Translation

In the realms such as Kimpuruṣa and the rest, the deva (the cloud) does not send rain; there, waters born of plants flow forth, and the noblest rivers run on.

Word by Word

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd: प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kiṃpuruṣa-ādyāni: beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa (regions)
• kiṃpuruṣa-ādyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiṃpuruṣa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying yāni; compound: ādi-śabda with prior member (…-ādi)

• teṣu: in those (places)
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Locative (7th: सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devaḥ: the god (rain-god)
• devaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• varṣati: rains
• varṣati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• udbhidāni: springing up (from the ground)
• udbhidāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udbhid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying udakāni

• udakāni: waters
• udakāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• pravahanti: flow forth
• pravahanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vah (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• saridvarāḥ: excellent rivers
• saridvarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st: प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘excellent rivers’