Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 134
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तदन्तस्तनुते यस्मात्सर्वां पृथ्वीं समततः / धातुस्तनोति विस्तारं ततोपतनवः स्मृताः
Transliteration
tadantastanute yasmātsarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ samatataḥ / dhātustanoti vistāraṃ tatopatanavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
क्योंकि वह भीतर से समस्त पृथ्वी को समान रूप से फैलाता है; ‘तन्’ धातु विस्तार करती है, इसलिए वे ‘पतनव’ कहे गए हैं।
Word by Word
tad-antaḥwithin that
tad-antaḥ:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad + antaḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva compound used adverbially; ‘within that/inside it’
tanuteextends/spreads
tanute:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
yasmātbecause/from which
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु; कारण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvāṃentire
sarvāṃ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies pṛthvīm
pṛthvīmearth
pṛthvīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthvī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samatataḥevenly spread
samatataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially ‘evenly spread’
dhātuḥthe root (verbal root)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tanotistretches/extends
tanoti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
vistāraṃexpansion
vistāraṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvistāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय)
patanavaḥ(they are) ‘patanavas’ (a named group/term)
patanavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpatanava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
smṛtāḥare called/are remembered as
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया; nominal predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (स्मृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicative with patanavaḥ