Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 45
Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
यामा इति समाख्याता देवाः स्वायंभुवेतरे / यमस्य पुत्रा यज्ञस्य तस्माद्यामास्तु ते स्मृताः
Transliteration
yāmā iti samākhyātā devāḥ svāyaṃbhuvetare / yamasya putrā yajñasya tasmādyāmāstu te smṛtāḥ
Translation
स्वायंभुव मन्वंतर के वे देव ‘यामा’ कहलाए। वे यज्ञ के पुत्र थे, इसलिए ‘यामा’ नाम से स्मरण किए गए।
Word by Word
yāmāḥYāmās
yāmāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
itithus (called)
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formइत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)
samākhyātāḥare called
samākhyātāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-khyā (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); अर्थः ‘named/called’
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
svāyaṃbhuva-itareother than Svāyaṃbhuva (Manu)
svāyaṃbhuva-itare:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvāyaṃbhuva (प्रातिपदिक) + itara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘svāyaṃbhuve itare’ = ‘other than Svāyaṃbhuva’; प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); devāḥ इति विशेषणम्
yamasyaof Yama
yamasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
putrāḥsons
putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
yajñasyaof Yajña
yajñasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
tasmāttherefore / from that
tasmāt:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सर्वनाम
yāmāḥYāmās
yāmāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); सर्वनाम
smṛtāḥare known/remembered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); अर्थः ‘are remembered/known’