Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 72
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्मा न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाः / न्यग्रोधौ तु स्मृतौ बाहू व्यामो न्यग्रोध उच्यते
Transliteration
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrmā nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalāḥ / nyagrodhau tu smṛtau bāhū vyāmo nyagrodha ucyate
Translation
သူတို့သည် လက္ခဏာအပေါင်းတို့ဖြင့် ပြည့်စုံ၍ ‘ညဂ္ရောဓ-ပရိမဏ္ဍလ’ (ဗန်ယန်ပင်ကဲ့သို့ အချိုးအစား) ရှိကြသည်။ လက်နှစ်ဖက်ကို ‘ညဂ္ရောဓ’ ဟု မှတ်ကြပြီး၊ တစ်ဗျာမကိုလည်း ‘ညဂ္ရောဓ’ ဟု ခေါ်သည်။
Word by Word
sarva-lakṣaṇa-sampūrṇāḥcomplete in all auspicious marks
sarva-lakṣaṇa-sampūrṇāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sampūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: 'complete with all marks'
nyagrodha-parimaṇḍalāḥhaving the nyagrodha-proportion/roundness
nyagrodha-parimaṇḍalāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक) + parimaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'having a nyagrodha-like roundness/measure' (a body-proportion term)
nyagrodhau(the two) 'nyagrodha' measures
nyagrodhau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; used as technical term
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (विरोध/अवधारण): 'but/indeed'
smṛtauare remembered/are regarded
smṛtau:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु) + -ta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/ktá) used predicatively; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; 'are remembered/are considered'
bāhūthe two arms
bāhū:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual
vyāmaḥthe measure 'vyāma' (arm-span)
vyāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; technical measure (arm-span)
nyagrodhaḥ(the measure) 'nyagrodha'
nyagrodhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; technical term
ucyateis called/is said
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्/Laṭ), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular