Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 27

Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

द्वादशैते प्रसूयन्ते प्रजाः कल्पे पुनः पुनः / तेषां द्वादश ते वंशा दिव्या देवगुणान्विताः

Transliteration

dvādaśaite prasūyante prajāḥ kalpe punaḥ punaḥ / teṣāṃ dvādaśa te vaṃśā divyā devaguṇānvitāḥ

Translation

ये बारह, कल्प-कल्प में बार-बार प्रजाओं को उत्पन्न करते हैं। उनके भी बारह दिव्य वंश हैं, जो देव-गुणों से युक्त हैं।

Word by Word

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-vācaka (संख्या-वाचक), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana-artha (plural sense)

• ete: these (ones)
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun

• prasūyante: are born/are produced
• prasūyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sū (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (plural); ātmanepada

• prajāḥ: creatures/offspring
• prajāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• kalpe: in (each) kalpa/aeon
• kalpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th), Ekavacana

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Āvṛtti-avyaya (आवृत्ति-अव्यय, adverb: again)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Āvṛtti-avyaya (आवृत्ति-अव्यय)

• teṣāṃ: of them
• teṣāṃ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; pronoun

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-vācaka, Prathamā, Bahuvacana-artha (plural sense)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun

• vaṃśāḥ: lineages
• vaṃśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• divyāḥ: divine
• divyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• deva-guṇa-anvitāḥ: endowed with divine qualities
• deva-guṇa-anvitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; from anu-√i/√vī? adjectival ‘endowed’)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa (multi-member): devānāṃ guṇaiḥ anvitāḥ (endowed with divine qualities)