Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 86

Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्ततो ब्रह्मा महादेवेन स प्रभुः / प्रत्युवाच तथा भीमं त्दृष्यमाणः प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

evamuktastato brahmā mahādevena sa prabhuḥ / pratyuvāca tathā bhīmaṃ tdṛṣyamāṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ

Translation

Thus addressed by Mahādeva, Brahmā the Lord, the Prajāpati, gazing upon Bhīma, replied in the same manner.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• uktaḥ: having been addressed/spoken to
• uktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘brahmā’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (adverb: then/thereupon/from that)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mahādevena: by Mahādeva
• mahādevena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘brahmā’ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/अन्वय

• prabhuḥ: the lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपाधि (apposition to ‘brahmā’)

• pratyuvāca: replied
• pratyuvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati + vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: so/thus
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: so/in that manner)

• bhīmam: to Bhīma / Bhīma (as addressee)
• bhīmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे कर्म (object of speech)

• dṛśyamānaḥ: being seen / appearing
• dṛśyamānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘brahmā’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• prajāpatiḥ: Prajāpati
• prajāpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपाधि (apposition to ‘brahmā’)