Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 198
मन्वन्तरानुक्रमवर्णनम् (Enumeration of Manvantara Cycles) — with focus on Svārociṣa Manvantara
Devanagari script
न सस्यानि न गोरक्षं न कृषिर्न वणिक्पथः / चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वमासीदेतत्पुरा किल
Transliteration
na sasyāni na gorakṣaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ / cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvamāsīdetatpurā kila
Translation
Before the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, in ancient times, it is said there were no crops, no protection of cattle, no farming, and no paths of trade.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
sasyānicrops, grains
sasyāni:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsasya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
go-rakṣamcow-protection, cattle-keeping
go-rakṣam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (गो-रक्षा = गवां रक्षा), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
kṛṣiḥagriculture, tillage
kṛṣiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
vaṇik-pathaḥmerchant-route, trade-route
vaṇik-pathaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṇij (प्रातिपदिक) + patha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वणिजां पथः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
cākṣuṣasyaof Cākṣuṣa (Manu)
cākṣuṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; (मनु-विशेषण)
antarein the interval
antare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval
pūrvamformerly, earlier
pūrvam:
Kāla (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
āsītwas, existed
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
purāformerly, in olden times
purā:
Kāla (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)
kilaindeed, it is said
kila:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkila (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle indicating hearsay/emphasis)