Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 37
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः / उत्पाद्यग्राहिमश्चैव ते ऽज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः
Transliteration
tamobahutvātte sarve hyajñānabahulāḥ smṛtāḥ / utpādyagrāhimaścaiva te 'jñāne jñānamāninaḥ
Translation
Because tamas is abundant in them, all are remembered as steeped in ignorance; they bring forth and cling, and in ignorance itself imagine themselves to be wise.
Word by Word
tamaḥ-bahutvātdue to abundance of darkness
tamaḥ-bahutvāt:
Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
TypeNoun
Roottamaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + bahutva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tamaḥ-स्य bahutvam)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषणम् (qualifying te)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/indeed
ajñāna-bahulāḥabounding in ignorance
ajñāna-bahulāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bahula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ajñānena bahulāḥ / ajñāna-bahulāḥ = abounding in ignorance)
smṛtāḥare considered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कृत्: क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; passive sense ‘are called/considered’
utpādya-grāhiṇaḥgrasping only what is produced (derivative)
utpādya-grāhiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootutpādya (कृदन्त, ल्यप् from ut+pad/ut+pād) + grāhin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (utpādyaṃ gṛhṇanti iti)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), restriction/emphasis
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ajñānein ignorance
ajñāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
jñāna-māninaḥthinking themselves knowledgeable
jñāna-māninaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mānin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (jñānaṃ manyante iti)