Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 133
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याःशूद्रा द्रोहजनास्तथा / भाविताः पूर्वजातीषु ख्यात्या ते शुभपापयोः
Transliteration
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥśūdrā drohajanāstathā / bhāvitāḥ pūrvajātīṣu khyātyā te śubhapāpayoḥ
Translation
Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, Śūdras, and even those born to treachery—were shaped in former births according to their renown for virtue and for sin.
Word by Word
brāhmaṇāḥBrahmins
brāhmaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (enumerated class)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Bahu-vacana
kṣatriyāḥKshatriyas
kṣatriyāḥ:
Karta (enumerated class)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatriya (क्षत्रिय प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana
vaiśyāḥVaishyas
vaiśyāḥ:
Karta (enumerated class)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśya (वैश्य प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana
śūdrāḥShudras
śūdrāḥ:
Karta (enumerated class)
TypeNoun
Rootśūdra (शूद्र प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana
droha-janāḥpeople of malice/treachery
droha-janāḥ:
Karta (enumerated class)
TypeNoun
Rootdroha (द्रोह प्रातिपदिक) + jana (जन प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound (drohasya janāḥ); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana
tathāalso
tathā:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb ‘also’
bhāvitāḥwere shaped/conditioned
bhāvitāḥ:
Karta (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू धातु)
FormKṛdanta: past passive participle (क्त) from causative sense ‘to make/become’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana; ‘were formed/conditioned’
pūrva-jātīṣuin former births/classes
pūrva-jātīṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (पूर्व) + jāti (जाति)
FormTatpuruṣa compound (pūrvāḥ jātayaḥ); Strīliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative), Bahu-vacana
khyātyāby reputation/manifestation
khyātyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkhyāti (ख्याति प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental), Eka-vacana
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahu-vacana
śubha-pāpayoḥof good and evil
śubha-pāpayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśubha (शुभ) + pāpa (पाप)
FormDvandva compound; Napuṃsakaliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive), Dvi-vacana (द्विवचन)