Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 147
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
श्रिता दक्षिणपन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे / युगे युगे तु ताः शाखा व्यस्यन्ते तै पुनः पुनः
Transliteration
śritā dakṣiṇapanthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire / yuge yuge tu tāḥ śākhā vyasyante tai punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
जो दक्षिण-पंथ का आश्रय लेकर श्मशानों में रहे—उनके द्वारा युग-युग में वे शाखाएँ फिर-फिर विभाजित की जाती हैं।
Word by Word
śritāḥhaving resorted to
śritāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Root√śri (धातु)
FormKta-kṛdanta (Past passive participle), Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
dakṣiṇa-panthānamthe southern path
dakṣiṇa-panthānam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + panthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—दक्षिणः पन्थाः (the southern path)
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
śmaśānānicremation grounds
śmaśānāni:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśmaśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
bhejireresorted to/partook of
bhejire:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhaj (धातु)
FormLiṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada
yugein (each) yuga
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
yugein (each) yuga
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदik)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular); punarukti: yuge yuge = in every age
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Contrast marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; nipāta (but/indeed)
tāḥthose
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
śākhāḥbranches (Vedic recensions)
śākhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)
vyasyanteare divided/arranged
vyasyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√as (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Ātmanepada; passive-like sense: are divided/arranged
taiḥby them
taiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine) (referring to ṛṣis), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; kāla-avyaya (again)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; punarukti for emphasis