Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 121
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
सत्यानृतं न तत्रास्ति धर्माधर्मौं तथैव च / वर्णाश्रमौ वा वार्ता वा पाशुपाल्यं वणिक्पथः
Transliteration
satyānṛtaṃ na tatrāsti dharmādharmauṃ tathaiva ca / varṇāśramau vā vārtā vā pāśupālyaṃ vaṇikpathaḥ
Translation
There is neither truth nor falsehood there, nor dharma and adharma. No order of varṇa and āśrama prevails; no husbandry, no herding of cattle, and no paths of trade.
Word by Word
satya-anṛtamtruth and falsehood
satya-anṛtam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsatya (प्रातिपदिक) + anṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara-dvandva)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय
astiexists; is
asti:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
dharma-adharmaudharma and adharma
dharma-adharmau:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + adharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara-dvandva)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय
evaindeed; just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
varṇa-āśramau(social) classes and (life) stages
varṇa-āśramau:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)
vārtālivelihood; agriculture/commerce
vārtā:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvārtā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय
pāśupālyamcattle-rearing; pastoralism
pāśupālyam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpāśupālya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
vaṇik-pathaḥtrade-route; merchants’ way
vaṇik-pathaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṇij (प्रातिपदिक) + patha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (merchant’s path/way)