Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 74
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
गणास्त्वेते त्रयः ख्याता देवातानां महात्मनाम् / एकैकस्त्रिंशतस्तेषां गणस्तु त्रिदिवौकसाम्
Transliteration
gaṇāstvete trayaḥ khyātā devātānāṃ mahātmanām / ekaikastriṃśatasteṣāṃ gaṇastu tridivaukasām
Translation
महात्मा देवताओं के ये तीन गण प्रसिद्ध हैं; और त्रिदिव-निवासियों के उन प्रत्येक गण में इकतीस-इकतीस देव होते हैं।
Word by Word
gaṇāḥgroups
gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/contrast
etethese
ete:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative qualifying gaṇāḥ
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral qualifying gaṇāḥ
khyātāḥare known/called
khyātāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootkhyā (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively with gaṇāḥ
devatānāmof the deities
devatānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
mahātmanāmof the great-souled
mahātmanām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; karmadhāraya: mahā ca asau ātmā (mahātman)
ekaikaḥeach
ekaikaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka-eka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; distributive “each one”
triṃśataḥby thirty (each)
triṃśataḥ:
Hetu/Pramāṇa (हेतु/प्रमाण; adverbial measure)
TypeNoun
Roottriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; used adverbially = “by thirty / in thirties”
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
gaṇaḥa group
gaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tuand/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
tridivaukasāmof the heaven-dwellers
tridivaukasām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottridiva-okas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; tatpuruṣa: tridive okasām (dwellers in heaven)