Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 29
युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च
Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis
Devanagari script
सर्वास्तु तमशक्तं च वाक्यमेतत्तु मानुषम् / मिश्रा इति समाख्याताः प्रभावादृषितां गाताः
Transliteration
sarvāstu tamaśaktaṃ ca vākyametattu mānuṣam / miśrā iti samākhyātāḥ prabhāvādṛṣitāṃ gātāḥ
Translation
This utterance is human, yet it is also charged with the power of tamas. By its potency they attained the state of seers and were known as the “Miśras”.
Word by Word
sarvāḥall (of them)
sarvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); used adjectivally
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connecting particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
tamaḥ-śaktamconnected with darkness/ignorance
tamaḥ-śaktam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottamas (प्रातिपदिक) + śakta (कृदन्त, √śak शक्)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—tamaḥ (genitive/qualifying) + śakta (capable/connected)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
vākyamspeech/statement
vākyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)
etatthis
etat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative singular; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
mānuṣamhuman
mānuṣam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative singular; agrees with vākyam
miśrāḥthe Miśras (a class/group)
miśrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmiśra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative plural
itithus/so called
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)
samākhyātāḥare called
samākhyātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√khyā (ख्या) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त), Masculine nominative plural; ‘having been named/called’
prabhāvātdue to (their) power/influence
prabhāvāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी) singular; cause/source
ṛṣitāmof the sages
ṛṣitām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी) plural
gātāḥhave gone/attained
gātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√gā (गा) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormPast active participle (कर्तरि भूतकृदन्त), Masculine nominative plural; ‘gone/attained’