Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 143

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages

Devanagari script

स्वयंभुवो ऽथ ज्येष्ठस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः / प्रत्येकवेद्यंभवति त्रेतास्विह पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

svayaṃbhuvo 'tha jyeṣṭhasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / pratyekavedyaṃbhavati tretāsviha punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

ကိုယ်တိုင်ပေါ်ထွန်းသော အကြီးမြတ်ဆုံး ပရမေဋ္ဌင် ဘြဟ္မာအကြောင်း—ထရေတာယုဂတွင် ဤနေရာ၌ ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ ဝေဒတစ်ပါးချင်းစီ သီးသန့် သိမြင်နိုင်ရာ ဖြစ်လာသည်။

Word by Word

• svayaṃbhuvaḥ: the self-born ones
• svayaṃbhuvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः—स्वयं भूः यस्य सः (self-born)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; sambandha-bodhaka/anuvādaka (particle: then/now)

• jyeṣṭhasya: of the eldest
• jyeṣṭhasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• parameṣṭhinaḥ: of the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• parameṣṭhinaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• pratyeka-vedyam: individually knowable (as separate)
• pratyeka-vedyam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—प्रत्येकं वेद्यं (individually knowable/each separately knowable)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)

• tretāsu: in the Tretā (yugas)
• tretāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (adverb of place: here)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (adverb: again)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; punarukti for emphasis (again and again)