Shloka 84
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
प्राणजांस्तु स दृष्ट्वा वै ब्रह्मा द्वादश सात्त्विकान् / ततो ऽसुरान्पितॄन्देवान्मनुष्यांश्चासृजत्प्रभुः
Transliteration
prāṇajāṃstu sa dṛṣṭvā vai brahmā dvādaśa sāttvikān / tato 'surānpitṝndevānmanuṣyāṃścāsṛjatprabhuḥ
Translation
Seeing those twelve sāttvic beings born of vital breath, Lord Brahmā then created the asuras, the pitṛs, the devas, and humankind.
Word by Word
prāṇajānthe prāṇaja beings
prāṇajān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāṇaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: prāṇāt jātaḥ (born from life-breath)
tubut
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/contrast particle (तु)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyā (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (वै)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral; qualifying sāttvikān (acc pl)
sāttvikānsattvic
sāttvikān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana; agrees with prāṇajān
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; sequential/ablatival adverb
asurānasuras
asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
pitṝnmanes (pitṛs)
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
devāngods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
manuṣyānhumans
manuṣyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
asṛjatcreated
asṛjat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु)
FormLaṅ (Imperfect, past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
prabhuḥthe Lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana; epithet of Brahmā