Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 104

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages

Devanagari script

दीर्घायुषो मन्त्रकृत ईश्वराद्दिव्यचक्षुषः / बुद्धाः प्रत्यक्ष धर्माणो गोत्रप्रावर्त्तकाश्च ते

Transliteration

dīrghāyuṣo mantrakṛta īśvarāddivyacakṣuṣaḥ / buddhāḥ pratyakṣa dharmāṇo gotraprāvarttakāśca te

Translation

Ils étaient de longue vie, accomplis par la puissance des mantras, et dotés de la vision divine par la grâce du Seigneur. Éveillés, ils connaissaient le dharma de façon directe et furent aussi les fondateurs des lignées de gotra.

Word by Word

• dīrgha-āyuṣaḥ: long-lived
• dīrgha-āyuṣaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha (प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय-समास ‘long-lived’

• mantra-kṛtaḥ: made/formed by mantras
• mantra-kṛtaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) in तत्पुरुष-समास; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• īśvarāt: from the Lord
• īśvarāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• divya-cakṣuṣaḥ: having divine sight
• divya-cakṣuṣaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय-समास ‘divine-eyed’

• buddhāḥ: awakened/wise
• buddhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √budh (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pratyakṣa-dharmāṇaḥ: of evident/manifest righteousness
• pratyakṣa-dharmāṇaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय-समास ‘whose dharmas are manifest/visible’

• gotra-prāvarttakāḥ: founders/propagators of clans
• gotra-prāvarttakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + prāvarttaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष-समास ‘promoters/propagators of lineages’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun