Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 3
Cākṣuṣa–Vaivasvata Manvantara Transition, Deva-Gaṇa Taxonomy, and Loka-Triad Etymology
Bhūr–Antarikṣa–Dyu
Devanagari script
आदित्या मरुतो रुद्रा विज्ञेयाः कश्यपात्मजाः / साध्याश्य वसवो विश्वे धर्मपुत्रास्त्रयो गणाः
Transliteration
ādityā maruto rudrā vijñeyāḥ kaśyapātmajāḥ / sādhyāśya vasavo viśve dharmaputrāstrayo gaṇāḥ
Translation
The Ādityas, the Maruts, and the Rudras are to be known as sons of Kaśyapa; while the Sādhyas, the Vasus, and the Viśvedevas—these three hosts—are sons of Dharma.
Word by Word
ādityāḥĀdityas
ādityāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāditya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
marutaḥMaruts
marutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmarut (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
rudrāḥRudras
rudrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
vijñeyāḥshould be known/are to be understood
vijñeyāḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/vidhi)
TypeAdjective
Root√jñā (ज्ञा) + vi- (उपसर्ग) (तव्यत्/gerundive)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; predicative adjective
kaśyapa-ātmajāḥsons of Kaśyapa
kaśyapa-ātmajāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa-ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; apposition to ādityāḥ etc.
sādhyāḥSādhyas
sādhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
asyaof him/of this (i.e., of Dharma)
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
vasavaḥVasus
vasavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
viśveViśve (gods)
viśve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva (प्रातिपदिक; gaṇa-name)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
dharma-putrāḥsons of Dharma
dharma-putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma-putra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; numeral adjective
gaṇāḥgroups
gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural