Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 50
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
सो ऽकरोत्तु चतुर्विशसंहिता द्विपदां वरः / प्रोवाच चैव शिष्येभ्यो येभ्यस्ताश्च निबोधत
Transliteration
so 'karottu caturviśasaṃhitā dvipadāṃ varaḥ / provāca caiva śiṣyebhyo yebhyastāśca nibodhata
Translation
That excellent man composed twenty-four Saṃhitās, and taught them to his disciples—learn also to whom he imparted them.
Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
akarotmade/composed
akarot:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयार्थक अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')
caturviśāḥtwenty-four
caturviśāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturviśa (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुः + विंशति = 24)
saṃhitāḥSaṃhitās/collections
saṃhitāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object of 'akarot')
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
dvipadām(in) dvipadā metre / two-footed (verses)
dvipadām:
Karma (कर्म; qualifier of saṃhitāḥ—'in dvipadā metre')
TypeNoun
Rootdvipad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'द्विपद्' = two-footed (metre/verse); here as object-qualifier
varaḥthe excellent one
varaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to 'saḥ')
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे (best/excellent)
provācasaid/taught
provāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय
śiṣyebhyaḥto the disciples
śiṣyebhyaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootśiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन
yebhyaḥto whom
yebhyaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, बहुवचन; relative pronoun
tāḥthose (saṃhitās)
tāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun (referring to saṃhitāḥ)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
nibodhataunderstand/learn (you all)
nibodhata:
Kriyā (क्रिया; आदेश/command)
TypeVerb
Rootni√budh (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन