Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 138
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
येनैवाधिष्ठितं हीदं ब्रह्मणः पुरुषः प्रभुः / विभागमस्य लोकस्य प्रकर्तुं पुनरैच्छत
Transliteration
yenaivādhiṣṭhitaṃ hīdaṃ brahmaṇaḥ puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ / vibhāgamasya lokasya prakartuṃ punaraicchata
Translation
That sovereign Purusha, Brahma, by whom this world is upheld, again desired to bring about the divisions of this realm.
Word by Word
yenaby whom/with whom
yena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) of emphasis
adhiṣṭhitampresided over/established
adhiṣṭhitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootadhi-√sthā (धातु) (कृदन्त: अधिष्ठित)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; from adhi-√sthā 'to preside over/establish'
hifor/indeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) giving reason/emphasis
idamthis (world/creation)
idam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
brahmaṇaḥof Brahman/of Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
puruṣaḥthe Person
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
prabhuḥthe Lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
vibhāgamdivision/allotment
vibhāgam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
asyaof this
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
lokasyaof the world
lokasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
prakartumto make/bring about
prakartum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṛ (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), 'to do/make forth'
punaragain
punar:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb
aicchatahe wished
aicchata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; desiderative sense 'wished'