Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 189
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
तन्तुनामिव संतारो भूतेष्वन्तर्गतो मतः / प्रत्या ख्याय तु भूतानि कार्योत्पर्त्तिन विद्यते
Transliteration
tantunāmiva saṃtāro bhūteṣvantargato mataḥ / pratyā khyāya tu bhūtāni kāryotparttina vidyate
Translation
Like the interweaving of threads, this continuity is held to be contained within the bhūtas. If the bhūtas are denied, no arising of effects is possible.
Word by Word
tantūnāmof threads
tantūnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottantu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormSimile particle (उपमा-निपात)
saṃtāraḥinterweaving; pervasion
saṃtāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃtāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūteṣuin the elements/beings
bhūteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
antargataḥentered within; internal
antargataḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar + √gam (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mataḥis considered
mataḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used predicatively, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
pratyākhyāyahaving rejected/denied
pratyākhyāya:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati-ā-√khyā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
bhūtānithe elements/beings
bhūtāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
kārya-utpattiḥproduction of an effect; effect-origination
kārya-utpattiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
vidyateexists/is found
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)