Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 80
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
भद्राणीमानि तेषां वै भवन्तीह महीक्षिताम् / अत्यद्भुतानि चत्वारि बलं धर्मः सुखं धनम्
Transliteration
bhadrāṇīmāni teṣāṃ vai bhavantīha mahīkṣitām / atyadbhutāni catvāri balaṃ dharmaḥ sukhaṃ dhanam
Translation
For those kings who guard the earth, these blessings arise here: four wondrous gifts—strength, dharma, happiness, and wealth.
Word by Word
bhadrāṇiauspicious (things)
bhadrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
imānithese
imāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Determiner)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय)
bhavantiare / become
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
mahī-kṣitāmof the kings (earth-protectors)
mahī-kṣitām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣit (प्रातिपदिक; from √kṣi ‘to rule/dwell’)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘of earth-rulers’ (mahīm kṣitāḥ)
ati-adbhutānivery wonderful
ati-adbhutāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (अव्यय) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); avyayībhāva with ati- intensifier
catvārifour
catvāri:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Number)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatvāri (संख्याशब्द/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective
balamstrength
balam:
Karta (कर्ता/Item in list)
TypeNoun
Rootbala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dharmaḥrighteousness
dharmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Item in list)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sukhamhappiness
sukham:
Karta (कर्ता/Item in list)
TypeNoun
Rootsukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dhanamwealth
dhanam:
Karta (कर्ता/Item in list)
TypeNoun
Rootdhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)