Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 83
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तेषां द्वादश ते वंशा दिव्या देवगाणान्विताः / क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तो महर्षिभिरलङ्कृताः
Transliteration
teṣāṃ dvādaśa te vaṃśā divyā devagāṇānvitāḥ / kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhiralaṅkṛtāḥ
Translation
Their twelve lineages were divine, attended by hosts of devas—active in sacred rites, rich in progeny, and adorned by great maharṣis.
Word by Word
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃ/Napुं, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen,6), Bahuvacana
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral; indeclinable-like in form; qualifying plural noun (vaṃśāḥ)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana
vaṃśāḥlineages
vaṃśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana
divyāḥdivine
divyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana; agrees with vaṃśāḥ
deva-gāṇa-anvitāḥaccompanied by groups of gods
deva-gāṇa-anvitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + gāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त; √i/√vī?; here 'anvita' PPP from √i with anu-; 'endowed with')
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: deva-gāṇaiḥ anvitaḥ (instrumental relation)
kriyā-vantaḥactive, possessing rites/actions
kriyā-vantaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana; possessive adjective (मतुप्/वन्त)
prajā-vantaḥhaving progeny
prajā-vantaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana; possessive adjective (वन्त)
maharṣibhiḥby great sages
maharṣibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instr,3), Bahuvacana
alaṅkṛtāḥadorned
alaṅkṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootalaṅkṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ धातु with alam-; Kta PPP)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Bahuvacana; PPP used adjectivally