Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 63

Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description

Devanagari script

शुक्लाभिजनसंपन्नाः सर्वे च प्रियदर्शनाः / तत्रापि सुमहान्वृक्षो न्यग्रोधो रोहितो महान्

Transliteration

śuklābhijanasaṃpannāḥ sarve ca priyadarśanāḥ / tatrāpi sumahānvṛkṣo nyagrodho rohito mahān

Translation

彼らは皆、清らかな家系に恵まれ、姿も愛でるに足る。そこにはまた、きわめて巨大な樹がある—大いなるニャグローダ、名をローヒタという。

Word by Word

• śukla-abhijana-saṃpannāḥ: endowed with noble/pure lineage
• śukla-abhijana-saṃpannāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + abhijana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); saṃpanna = past participle (क्त), ‘endowed’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शुक्लः अभिजनः येषां ते)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय/निपात)

• priya-darśanāḥ: pleasant to look at
• priya-darśanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (प्रियं दर्शनं येषाम्)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (सम्भावना/समुच्चय-निपात), ‘also/even’

• su-mahān: very great
• su-mahān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); su- = intensifier (उपसर्गवत्)

• vṛkṣaḥ: tree
• vṛkṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• nyagrodhaḥ: banyan (nyagrodha)
• nyagrodhaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); वृक्षविशेष-नाम

• rohitaḥ: Rohita (a tree)
• rohitaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rohita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); वृक्षविशेष-नाम

• mahān: great
• mahān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)