Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 147
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
श्रिता दक्षिणपन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे / युगे युगे तु ताः शाखा व्यस्यन्ते तै पुनः पुनः
Transliteration
śritā dakṣiṇapanthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire / yuge yuge tu tāḥ śākhā vyasyante tai punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
Those who took refuge in the southern path and resorted to the śmaśānas (cremation grounds)—by them, in every age, those śākhās are divided again and again.
Word by Word
śritāḥhaving resorted to
śritāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Root√śri (धातु)
FormKta-kṛdanta (Past passive participle), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
dakṣiṇa-panthānamthe southern path
dakṣiṇa-panthānam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + panthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—दक्षिणः पन्थाः (the southern path)
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
śmaśānānicremation grounds
śmaśānāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśmaśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
bhejireresorted to/partook of
bhejire:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhaj (धातु)
FormLiṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada
yugein (each) yuga
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
yugein (each) yuga
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular); punarukti: yuge yuge = in every age
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Contrast marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; nipāta (but/indeed)
tāḥthose
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
śākhāḥbranches (Vedic recensions)
śākhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
vyasyanteare divided/arranged
vyasyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√as (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada; passive-like sense: are divided/arranged
taiḥby them
taiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine) (referring to ṛṣis), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; kāla-avyaya (again)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; punarukti for emphasis