Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 51
प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्
Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence
Devanagari script
तिर्य्यग्यो निगतं चैव कारणं तत्त्ररुच्यते / त्रिविधो यातनास्थाने तिर्य्यग्योनौ च षड्विधे
Transliteration
tiryyagyo nigataṃ caiva kāraṇaṃ tattrarucyate / trividho yātanāsthāne tiryyagyonau ca ṣaḍvidhe
Translation
तिर्यक्-योनि में जाने का कारण भी वहीं कहा गया है; यातना-स्थान में वह तीन प्रकार का और तिर्यक्-योनि में छह प्रकार का माना गया है।
Word by Word
tiryyagyaḥthe animal(-state)
tiryyagyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottiryyagya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; ‘one who is animal-like/animal’ (context: animal state)
nigatamreached, entered
nigatam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used predicatively ‘is reached/entered’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
kāraṇamcause
kāraṇam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
tatrathere, in that context
tatra:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)
rucyateis accepted/considered
rucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ruc (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular; passive/intransitive sense ‘is approved/pleases/is accepted’
trividhaḥthreefold
trividhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; ‘threefold’
yātanā-sthānein the place of torment
yātanā-sthāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootyātanā (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; ‘in the place of torment’
tiryyag-yonauin an animal birth
tiryyag-yonau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Roottiryyak (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
ṣaḍ-vidhein the sixfold (classification)
ṣaḍ-vidhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular; ‘in the sixfold (division)’ (contextual locative)