Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 8
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
वैशंपायनशिष्यो ऽसौ यजुर्वेदमकल्पयत् / षडशीतिस्तु तेनोक्ताः संहिता यजुषां शुभाः
Transliteration
vaiśaṃpāyanaśiṣyo 'sau yajurvedamakalpayat / ṣaḍaśītistu tenoktāḥ saṃhitā yajuṣāṃ śubhāḥ
Translation
That disciple of Vaiśaṃpāyana duly arranged the Yajurveda; by him were taught eighty-six auspicious Saṃhitās of the Yajus.
Word by Word
vaiśaṃpāyana-śiṣyaḥa disciple of Vaiśaṃpāyana
vaiśaṃpāyana-śiṣyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśaṃpāyana (प्रातिपदिक) + śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): ‘Vaiśaṃpāyanasya śiṣyaḥ’
asauthat (he)
asau:
Karta-sahacārī (कर्ता-सहचर/Deictic apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; sarvanāma (pronoun)
yajur-vedamthe Yajurveda
yajur-vedam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootyajus (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘yajurṇāṃ vedaḥ’ (Yajurveda)
akalpayatcompiled/arranged
akalpayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootkalp (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; causative sense in context ‘arranged/compiled’
ṣaḍaśītiḥeighty-six
ṣaḍaśītiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaḍaśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana; dvigu numeral compound = 86
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (nipāta) indicating contrast/emphasis
tenaby him
tena:
Karta-karaṇa/Agent-instrument (करण/Instrument; ‘by him’)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana; sarvanāma
uktāḥwere spoken/recited
uktāḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण/Predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormKta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Bahuvacana; agrees with ‘saṃhitāḥ’
saṃhitāḥcollections/recensions (saṃhitās)
saṃhitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
yajuṣāmof the Yajus (formulas)
yajuṣām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootyajus (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana; ‘of the Yajus (mantras)’
śubhāḥauspicious
śubhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Bahuvacana; agrees with ‘saṃhitāḥ’