Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 111
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
आधिपत्यं विना ते वै ऐश्वर्येण तु तत्समाः / भवन्ति ब्रह्मणा तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च
Transliteration
ādhipatyaṃ vinā te vai aiśvaryeṇa tu tatsamāḥ / bhavanti brahmaṇā tulyā rūpeṇa viṣayeṇa ca
Translation
Though without sovereign rule, they are equal to him in divine splendor; in form and in the objects of enjoyment, too, they become comparable to Brahma.
Word by Word
ādhipatyamsovereignty/lordship
ādhipatyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootādhipatya (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
FormUpasarga-like preposition (अव्यय), takes accusative
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormNipāta/particle (निपात), emphasis
aiśvaryeṇain power/majesty
aiśvaryeṇa:
Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaiśvarya (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
tuhowever
tu:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta/particle (निपात), contrast
tat-samāḥequal to him
tat-samāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदik) + sama (प्रातिपदik)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘tasya samāḥ’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन), agrees with te
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
brahmaṇāwith Brahmā / to Brahmā (as standard of comparison)
brahmaṇā:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
tulyāḥequal
tulyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottulya (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन), agrees with te
rūpeṇain form
rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapumsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
viṣayeṇain domain/object (of enjoyment)
viṣayeṇa:
Karaṇa/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣaya (प्रातिपदik)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)