Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 64
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
एतदेवं च नैवं च न चोभे नानुभे न च / स्वकर्मविषयं ब्रूयुः सत्त्वस्थाः समदर्शिनः
Transliteration
etadevaṃ ca naivaṃ ca na cobhe nānubhe na ca / svakarmaviṣayaṃ brūyuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ
Translation
They say neither “it is thus” nor “it is not thus”; neither both, nor “neither of the two.” Abiding in sattva, the even‑seeing speak only of the sphere of their own karma.
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन)
evamthus
evam:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक)
nanot
na:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
evamthus
evam:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक)
nanot
na:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक)
ubheboth
ubhe:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun-like numeral (उभ), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Dual (द्विवचन)
nanot
na:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
anubheneither of the two
anubhe:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun-like (अनुभ), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Dual (द्विवचन)
nanot
na:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक)
sva-karma-viṣayamthe object/sphere of one’s own action
sva-karma-viṣayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन)
brūyuḥthey should say/declare
brūyuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sattva-sthāḥstanding in sattva (purity)
sattva-sthāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन)
sama-darśinaḥequal-seeing, impartial
sama-darśinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन)