Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 92
Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
ज्ञानेन च मुनीन्सर्वान्योगाद्भूतानि सर्वशः / एवमेव महादेवः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः / प्रजामनु द्यामां सृष्ट्वा सर्गादुपरराम ह
Transliteration
jñānena ca munīnsarvānyogādbhūtāni sarvaśaḥ / evameva mahādevaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ / prajāmanu dyāmāṃ sṛṣṭvā sargādupararāma ha
Translation
By knowledge he surpasses all sages, and by yoga he pervades and transcends all beings. Thus Mahādeva, revered by all the gods, having created for the creatures the order of the heavens, ceased from the work of creation.
Word by Word
jñānenaby knowledge
jñānena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Instrumental Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (निपात)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
munīnsages
munīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Accusative Plural
sarvānall
sarvān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Accusative Plural; qualifies munīn
yogātthrough yoga
yogāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Ablative Singular (पञ्चमी एकवचन): 'by/through yoga' (ablative of cause/source)
bhūtānibeings/elements
bhūtāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Accusative Plural
sarvaśaḥin every way
sarvaśaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण): 'in every way/entirely'
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb: 'thus'
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (निपात)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
mahā-devaḥMahādeva
mahā-devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya, Masculine Nominative Singular
sarva-deva-namaskṛtaḥworshipped by all the gods
sarva-deva-namaskṛtaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + namaskṛta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: 'saluted by all gods'; Masculine Nominative Singular; predicate adjective of mahādevaḥ
prajāmprogeny/creatures
prajām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine Accusative Singular
anuafter/along
anu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, preposition/adverb: 'after/along/according to'
dyāmheaven
dyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdyu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine Accusative Singular (Vedic/epic form of dyām = dyām, 'heaven')
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा): 'having created'
sargātfrom (the act of) creation
sargāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Ablative Singular: 'from creation/after creation'
upararāmaceased
upararāma:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa + √ram (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular; meaning 'ceased/desisted'
haindeed/then
ha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (निपात)
FormAvyaya, narrative particle (इतिहास-निपात)