Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 189
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
देवाश्च पितरश्चैव ऋषयो मनवस्तथा / युगानुरूपा धर्मेण यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
Transliteration
devāśca pitaraścaiva ṛṣayo manavastathā / yugānurūpā dharmeṇa yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
Translation
The Devas, the Pitṛs (ancestors), the Ṛṣis, and the Manus—by Dharma suited to each Yuga—nurtured and increased these beings.
Word by Word
devāḥthe gods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
pitaraḥthe Pitṛs/ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
ṛṣayaḥthe sages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
manavaḥthe Manus
manavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/उपमान-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)
yuga-anurūpāḥappropriate to the yugas
yuga-anurūpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदिक) + anurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) qualifying देवाः/पितरः/ऋषयः/मनवः
dharmeṇaby/through dharma
dharmeṇa:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
yaiḥby whom
yaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
imāḥthese
imāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
varddhitāḥwere increased/nurtured
varddhitāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛdh (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (passive sense)
prajāḥcreatures/subjects
prajāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject in passive: logical object)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन