Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 70

Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa

Measures of Time and the Four Yugas

Devanagari script

व्यस्तदण्डा महाभागा धर्मिष्ठा ब्रह्मवादिनः / पद्मपत्रायताक्षाश्च पृथूरस्काः सुसंहताः

Transliteration

vyastadaṇḍā mahābhāgā dharmiṣṭhā brahmavādinaḥ / padmapatrāyatākṣāśca pṛthūraskāḥ susaṃhatāḥ

Translation

They set aside the rod of punishment—fortunate souls, steadfast in dharma, proclaimers of Brahman; with eyes long like lotus leaves, broad-chested and well-knit in form.

Word by Word

• vyasta-daṇḍāḥ: having laid aside the rod (non-violent)
• vyasta-daṇḍāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyasta (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'those whose daṇḍa is laid aside' (non-punitive)

• mahā-bhāgāḥ: greatly fortunate/noble
• mahā-bhāgāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective

• dharmiṣṭhāḥ: most righteous
• dharmiṣṭhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; superlative in -iṣṭha

• brahma-vādinaḥ: expounders of Brahman (Vedic truth)
• brahma-vādinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; upapada-tatpuruṣa: 'speakers of Brahman/veda'

• padma-patra-āyata-akṣāḥ: lotus-petal-long-eyed
• padma-patra-āyata-akṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'those whose eyes are long like lotus-petals'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)

• pṛthu-uraskāḥ: broad-chested
• pṛthu-uraskāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक) + uras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'broad-chested'

• su-saṃhatāḥ: well-built/compactly formed
• su-saṃhatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + saṃhata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'well-knit/compact'