Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 194
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
अनयोस्तुल्यता यस्माद्धारमाश्च स्वभावतः / तस्मादूर्द्ध्वमधोभावो लोकालोके न विद्यते
Transliteration
anayostulyatā yasmāddhāramāśca svabhāvataḥ / tasmādūrddhvamadhobhāvo lokāloke na vidyate
Translation
इन दोनों की स्वभावतः समानता और धारक-स्वरूप होने के कारण लोकालोक में ऊपर-नीचे का भेद नहीं है।
Word by Word
anayoḥof these two
anayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Dual sense; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)
tulyatāequality
tulyatā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottulyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
yasmātbecause
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative indeclinable (यत्-प्रत्ययजन्य अव्यय), causal sense = 'because/for the reason that'
dhāramāḥsupports/strata (dhāramāḥ)
dhāramāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdhāramā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
svabhāvataḥby nature
svabhāvataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative used adverbially (पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययभाव), 'by nature/inherently'
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Reason-result link)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronominal ablative used as indeclinable (तस्मात्), inferential 'therefore/from that'
ūrdhvamupwards
ūrdhvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Adverbial qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
adho-bhāvaḥdownward state (being below)
adho-bhāvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhas + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) 'down-ness/state of being below'
lokālokein Loka and Aloka
lokāloke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootloka + aloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva (द्वन्द्व) compound; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध अव्यय)
vidyateexists/is found
vidyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (विद्)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)