Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 99
Śrīpura-Nirmāṇa-Prastāva (Inquiry into Śrīpura and its Construction) / “The Proposal to Build Śrīpura”
Devanagari script
उभयोर्गुणसाम्ये तु मित्रयोरधिके गुणे / एकस्य कारणाज्जाते तत्रान्यस्य स्पृहा भवेत्
Transliteration
ubhayorguṇasāmye tu mitrayoradhike guṇe / ekasya kāraṇājjāte tatrānyasya spṛhā bhavet
Translation
When two friends are equal in qualities, or when one surpasses the other in virtue—if that excellence arises through the cause of one, then in the other there will arise a longing for it.
Word by Word
ubhayorof both
ubhayor:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootubhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन (Dual), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
guṇa-sāmyein equality of qualities
guṇa-sāmye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (guṇānāṃ sāmye)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)
mitrayorof (two) friends
mitrayor:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन (Dual), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
adhikewhen (it is) greater
adhike:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); विशेषण (qualifying guṇe)
guṇein a quality
guṇe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
ekasyaof one (of them)
ekasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/used pronominally)
kāraṇātfrom a cause/reason
kāraṇāt:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source-cause)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
jātewhen it has arisen/occurred
jāte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative absolute)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
tatrathere/then
tatra:
Desha-Adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण/Adverbial location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there/then)
anyasyaof the other
anyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine/used pronominally)
spṛhādesire/longing
spṛhā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootspṛhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
bhavetwould arise/be
bhavet:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद