Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 41
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तिर्यक् स्रोतस्तु सृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः / अभिप्रायमथोद्भूतं दृष्ट्वा सर्गं तथाविधम्
Transliteration
tiryak srotastu sṛṣṭvā vai dvitīyaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ / abhiprāyamathodbhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sargaṃ tathāvidham
Translation
Having created the tiryak-srotas, the Lord brought forth the second universe; then, beholding that creation as it had arisen and discerning its intent, He proceeded onward.
Word by Word
tiryakobliquely
tiryak:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottiryak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘obliquely/sideways’
srotasthe stream/channel
srotas:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsrotas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having created’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/indeed
dvitīyamsecond
dvitīyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying viśvam)
viśvamworld/universe
viśvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
īśvaraḥthe Lord
īśvaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
abhiprāyamintention/purpose
abhiprāyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootabhiprāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormParticle/adverb (निपात) ‘then/now’
udbhūtamarisen
udbhūtam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootud+bhū (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular; agreeing with abhiprāyam (abhiprāyam udbhūtam = arisen intention)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having seen’
sargamcreation/emanation
sargam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
tathā-vidhamof that kind
tathā-vidham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottathā (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (tathā-vidha = of such a kind), qualifying sargam