Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 56
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मणास्तु प्रजासर्गं सृजतो हि प्रजापतेः / सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं पूर्वं देवर्षिपितृमानवान्
Transliteration
brahmaṇāstu prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ / sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ pūrvaṃ devarṣipitṛmānavān
Translation
When Prajāpati Brahmā set about creating progeny, he first brought forth the fourfold order—gods, seers, ancestors, and humankind.
Word by Word
brahmaṇāby Brahmā / by Brahman
brahmaṇā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्धद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
prajā-sargamthe creation of beings
prajā-sargam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘creation of creatures’
sṛjataḥof (him) creating
sṛjataḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (सृज् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of (one) creating’
hiindeed/for
hi:
Hetu-dyotaka (हेतुद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/emphatic
prajāpateḥof Prajāpati
prajāpateḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootprajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (सृज् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having created’
catuṣṭayamthe fourfold group
catuṣṭayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcatuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
pūrvamfirst/previously
pūrvam:
Kāla/krama (काल/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
deva-ṛṣi-pitṛ-mānavāngods, sages, ancestors, and humans
deva-ṛṣi-pitṛ-mānavān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)