Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 14
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
पितरो ह्यभवंस्तस्या सध्ये रात्र्यहयोः पृथक् / तस्मात्ते पितरो देवाः पितृत्वं तेषु तत्स्मृतम्
Transliteration
pitaro hyabhavaṃstasyā sadhye rātryahayoḥ pṛthak / tasmātte pitaro devāḥ pitṛtvaṃ teṣu tatsmṛtam
Translation
उस संध्या से रात्रि और दिन के भेद से पितर उत्पन्न हुए। इसलिए वे पितर देव कहलाए, और उनमें पितृत्व का भाव स्मृत है।
Word by Word
pitaraḥthe Pitṛs / ancestors
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (plural)
hiindeed / for
hi:
Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), emphasis/causal nuance
abhavanbecame / were
abhavan:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLaṅ lakāra (Imperfect), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (plural), Parasmaipada
tasyāḥof her
tasyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (feminine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (singular)
sadhyein/among the Sādhyas (dual form)
sadhye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Dvivacana (dual)
rātri-ahayoḥof night and day
rātri-ahayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक) + aha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva-samāsa; Napuṃsakaliṅga (neuter, as dvandva), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Dvivacana (dual)
pṛthakseparately
pṛthak:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpṛthak (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of separation
tasmāttherefore / from that
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative-form used adverbially; Hetu/Apādāna sense (from that/therefore)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (plural)
pitaraḥthe Pitṛs
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Viśeṣya/Predicate nominative (प्रातिपदिकार्थ-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana
pitṛtvamthe state of being Pitṛs / fatherhood
pitṛtvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (neuter), Prathamā/ Dvitīyā vibhakti (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), Ekavacana (singular)
teṣuamong them
teṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana
smṛtamis remembered/considered
smṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormKta-pratyaya (past passive participle), Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Ekavacana; passive sense