Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 70
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
व्यस्तदण्डा महाभागा धर्मिष्ठा ब्रह्मवादिनः / पद्मपत्रायताक्षाश्च पृथूरस्काः सुसंहताः
Transliteration
vyastadaṇḍā mahābhāgā dharmiṣṭhā brahmavādinaḥ / padmapatrāyatākṣāśca pṛthūraskāḥ susaṃhatāḥ
Translation
ਉਹ ਦੰਡ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਸੇ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ, ਮਹਾਭਾਗ, ਧਰਮਨਿਸ਼ਠ ਅਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ-ਵਾਦੀ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਕਮਲ-ਪੱਤੇ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਲੰਬੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ, ਚੌੜੀ ਛਾਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਦੇਹ ਵਾਲੇ।
Word by Word
vyasta-daṇḍāḥhaving laid aside the rod (non-violent)
vyasta-daṇḍāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyasta (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'those whose daṇḍa is laid aside' (non-punitive)
mahā-bhāgāḥgreatly fortunate/noble
mahā-bhāgāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective
dharmiṣṭhāḥmost righteous
dharmiṣṭhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharmiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; superlative in -iṣṭha
brahma-vādinaḥexpounders of Brahman (Vedic truth)
brahma-vādinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; upapada-tatpuruṣa: 'speakers of Brahman/veda'
padma-patra-āyata-akṣāḥlotus-petal-long-eyed
padma-patra-āyata-akṣāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpadma (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyata (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'those whose eyes are long like lotus-petals'
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (समुच्चय)
pṛthu-uraskāḥbroad-chested
pṛthu-uraskāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpṛthu (प्रातिपदिक) + uras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi: 'broad-chested'
su-saṃhatāḥwell-built/compactly formed
su-saṃhatāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + saṃhata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'well-knit/compact'