Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 21
Cākṣuṣa–Vaivasvata Manvantara Transition, Deva-Gaṇa Taxonomy, and Loka-Triad Etymology
Bhūr–Antarikṣa–Dyu
Devanagari script
नाथ इत्येष धातुर्वै धातुज्ञैः पालने स्मृतः / यस्माद्भूतस्य लोकस्य भव्यस्य भवतस्तथा
Transliteration
nātha ityeṣa dhāturvai dhātujñaiḥ pālane smṛtaḥ / yasmādbhūtasya lokasya bhavyasya bhavatastathā
Translation
‘नाथ’ यह धातु धातुज्ञों द्वारा ‘पालन’ अर्थ में मानी गई है, क्योंकि वह भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्य—तीनों लोकों का पालन करता है।
Word by Word
nāthaḥ(the word) ‘nātha’
nāthaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnātha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
itithus, ‘as’
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-चिह्न/इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
eṣaḥthis
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
dhātuḥverbal root
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphatic)
dhātujñaiḥby the knowers of roots (grammarians)
dhātujñaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu-jña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha): धातु + ज्ञ; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
pālanein the sense of protecting
pālane:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootpālana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
smṛtaḥis said/remembered
smṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त/ta); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yasmātfrom which/because of which
yasmāt:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
bhūtasyaof what has become/being
bhūtasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
lokasyaof the world
lokasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
bhavyasyaof what is to be/ future
bhavyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhavya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
bhavataḥof/ from the being (or: of you)
bhavataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी/पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Ablative, 6th/5th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘भवत्’ (you/your honor) stem
tathāso, likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)