Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 198
मन्वन्तरानुक्रमवर्णनम् (Enumeration of Manvantara Cycles) — with focus on Svārociṣa Manvantara
Devanagari script
न सस्यानि न गोरक्षं न कृषिर्न वणिक्पथः / चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वमासीदेतत्पुरा किल
Transliteration
na sasyāni na gorakṣaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ / cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvamāsīdetatpurā kila
Translation
ਚਾਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਸ਼ ਮਨਵੰਤਰ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ, ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਕਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾ ਅਨਾਜ ਸੀ, ਨਾ ਗੋ-ਰੱਖਿਆ, ਨਾ ਖੇਤੀ, ਨਾ ਵਪਾਰ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ ਸੀ।
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
sasyānicrops, grains
sasyāni:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsasya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
go-rakṣamcow-protection, cattle-keeping
go-rakṣam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (गो-रक्षा = गवां रक्षा), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
kṛṣiḥagriculture, tillage
kṛṣiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
vaṇik-pathaḥmerchant-route, trade-route
vaṇik-pathaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṇij (प्रातिपदिक) + patha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वणिजां पथः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
cākṣuṣasyaof Cākṣuṣa (Manu)
cākṣuṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; (मनु-विशेषण)
antarein the interval
antare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval
pūrvamformerly, earlier
pūrvam:
Kāla (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
āsītwas, existed
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
purāformerly, in olden times
purā:
Kāla (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)
kilaindeed, it is said
kila:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkila (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle indicating hearsay/emphasis)