Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 124

प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्

Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa

Devanagari script

उत्तराणां कुरूणां च तुल्यकालो जनस्तथा / सर्वर्त्तुसुसुखस्तत्र जराक्रमविवर्जितः

Transliteration

uttarāṇāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca tulyakālo janastathā / sarvarttususukhastatra jarākramavivarjitaḥ

Translation

ସେଠାର ଲୋକମାନେ ଉତ୍ତରକୁରୁମାନଙ୍କ ସମାନ କାଳ‑ସ୍ୱଭାବର; ସେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତ ଋତୁରେ ସୁଖୀ, ଏବଂ ଜରାର କ୍ରମରୁ ବିମୁକ୍ତ।

Word by Word

• uttarāṇām: of the northern
• uttarāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘kurūṇām’)

• kurūṇām: of the Kurus
• kurūṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• tulya-kālaḥ: of equal age/time
• tulya-kālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (having equal time/age)

• janaḥ: people
• janaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (here: ‘also/likewise’)

• sarva-ṛtu-su-sukhaḥ: comfortable in all seasons; ever-pleasant
• sarva-ṛtu-su-sukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक) + su (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/अधिकरण-तत्पुरुष: ‘in all seasons’ + उपपद ‘सु-’ intensifier)

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

• jarā-krama-vivarjitaḥ: free from the advance of old age
• jarā-krama-vivarjitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (विवर्जित, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-भावार्थ नहीं, किन्तु ‘विवर्जित’ (वि+वर्ज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय past passive participle) पर आधारित तत्पुरुष: ‘devoid of the progression of old age’