Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 84
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
प्राणजांस्तु स दृष्ट्वा वै ब्रह्मा द्वादश सात्त्विकान् / ततो ऽसुरान्पितॄन्देवान्मनुष्यांश्चासृजत्प्रभुः
Transliteration
prāṇajāṃstu sa dṛṣṭvā vai brahmā dvādaśa sāttvikān / tato 'surānpitṝndevānmanuṣyāṃścāsṛjatprabhuḥ
Translation
ਉਹ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਸਾਤ੍ਤਵਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਜ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਨੇ ਫਿਰ ਅਸੁਰਾਂ, ਪਿਤਰਾਂ, ਦੇਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਕੀਤੀ।
Word by Word
prāṇajānthe prāṇaja beings
prāṇajān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāṇaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: prāṇāt jātaḥ (born from life-breath)
tubut
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/contrast particle (तु)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyā (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (वै)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral; qualifying sāttvikān (acc pl)
sāttvikānsattvic
sāttvikān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana; agrees with prāṇajān
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; sequential/ablatival adverb
asurānasuras
asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
pitṝnmanes (pitṛs)
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
devāngods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
manuṣyānhumans
manuṣyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
asṛjatcreated
asṛjat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु)
FormLaṅ (Imperfect, past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
prabhuḥthe Lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom,1), Ekavacana; epithet of Brahmā