Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 79
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
भूतभव्यानि यानीह वर्त्तमानानि यानि च / त्रेतायुगे च तान्यत्र जायन्ते चक्रवर्त्तिनः
Transliteration
bhūtabhavyāni yānīha varttamānāni yāni ca / tretāyuge ca tānyatra jāyante cakravarttinaḥ
Translation
Whatever is of the past and the future, and whatever is present here—there, in the Tretā Yuga, all that is born as cakravartin rulers.
Word by Word
bhūta-bhavyānipast and future (things/ones)
bhūta-bhavyāni:
Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Head of relative clause)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūta (कृदन्त, √bhū + क्त) + bhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva adjective
yāniwhich
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
varttamānānipresent (ones)
varttamānāni:
Viśeṣya (विशेष्य/Head of relative clause)
TypeAdjective
Rootvarttamāna (कृदन्त, √vṛt + शानच्)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); present participle used adjectivally
yāniwhich
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tretā-yugein the Tretā age
tretā-yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeNoun
Roottretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); tretāyāḥ yuge (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tānithose
tāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
atrahere/therein
atra:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
cakravarttinaḥuniversal monarchs
cakravarttinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootcakravartin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)