Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 97

Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle

Devanagari script

मानसा नाम ते लोका वर्तन्ते यत्र ते दिवि / एतेषां मानसी कन्या नर्मदा सरितां वरा

Transliteration

mānasā nāma te lokā vartante yatra te divi / eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā

Translation

દિવ્યમાં જ્યાં તેઓ વસે છે તે લોક ‘માનસ’ નામે ઓળખાય છે; એમની માનસી કન્યા નર્મદા નદીઓમાં શ્રેષ્ઠ છે.

Word by Word

• mānasāḥ: mind-born / mental
• mānasāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively qualifying lokāḥ

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय), naming marker

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• lokāḥ: worlds/realms
• lokāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vartante: exist/are found
• vartante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु √vṛt)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

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

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mānasī: mind-born
• mānasī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying kanyā

• kanyā: daughter
• kanyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• narmadā: Narmadā
• narmadā: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name

• saritām: of rivers
• saritām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• varā: best/excellent
• varā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying narmadā