Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 55
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
पौष्यञ्जिश्च कृतश्चैव संहितानां विकल्पकौ / अथर्वाणं द्विधा कृत्वा सुमन्तुरददाद्द्विजाः
Transliteration
pauṣyañjiśca kṛtaścaiva saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakau / atharvāṇaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā sumanturadadāddvijāḥ
Translation
पौष्यञ्जि और कृत—संहिताओं के विभाजनकर्ता थे; हे द्विजो, सुमन्तु ने अथर्ववेद को दो भाग कर के प्रदान किया।
Word by Word
pauṣyañjiḥPauṣyañji (name)
pauṣyañjiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpauṣyañji (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (samuccaya)
kṛtaḥKṛta (name)
kṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (samuccaya)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa (emphatic particle)
saṃhitānāmof the Saṃhitās
saṃhitānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (Plural)
vikalpakauthe two arrangers/editors
vikalpakau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvikalpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Dvivacana (Dual)
atharvāṇamthe Atharva(veda)
atharvāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootatharvan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (Singular)
dvidhāinto two parts
dvidhā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdvidhā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (kriyā-viśeṣaṇa), 'in two ways'
kṛtvāhaving divided/made
kṛtvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), 'having done/made'
sumantuḥSumantu (name)
sumantuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsumantu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular)
adadātgave
adadāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (दा धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana/Prathamā (Vocative or Nominative), Bahuvacana (Plural); here likely संबोधन addressing audience