Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 138
मन्वन्तरानुक्रमवर्णनम् (Enumeration of Manvantara Cycles) — with focus on Svārociṣa Manvantara
Devanagari script
मन्दात्मानो न नूनं मां यूयं जानीत तत्त्वतः / प्रभवं सर्वलोकानां धर्माणां च विशेषतः
Transliteration
mandātmāno na nūnaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ jānīta tattvataḥ / prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Translation
O dull-souled ones, surely you do not know Me in truth; I am the source of all worlds, and especially of the sacred dharmas.
Word by Word
mandātmānaḥdull-minded persons
mandātmānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanda-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (मन्दः आत्मा यस्य)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
nūnamsurely
nūnam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnūnam (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of certainty)
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
yūyamyou (all)
yūyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
jānītaknow
jānīta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
tattvataḥin truth; truly
tattvataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
Formतसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)
prabhavamsource; origin
prabhavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
sarvalokānāmof all worlds
sarvalokānām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां लोकानाम्)
dharmāṇāmof duties/laws
dharmāṇām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
viśeṣataḥespecially
viśeṣataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootviśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
Formतसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)