Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 91
Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
अत्येति तेजसा देवो महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः / अत्येति देवा नैश्वर्याद्वलेन च महासुरान्
Transliteration
atyeti tejasā devo mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ / atyeti devā naiśvaryādvalena ca mahāsurān
Translation
ਉਹ ਦੇਵ ਆਪਣੇ ਤੇਜ ਨਾਲ ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਰ ਕਰ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ‘ਮਹਾਦੇਵ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਐਸ਼ਵਰਯ ਨਾਲ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਮਹਾਸੁਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਉਹ ਮਾਤ ਦੇਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
atyetisurpasses
atyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootati + √i (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular; with preverb ati-: 'surpasses'
tejasāby splendor/power
tejasā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Instrumental Singular (तृतीया एकवचन)
devaḥthe god
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Singular
mahā-devaḥMahādeva (Great God)
mahā-devaḥ:
Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): 'great (who is) god'; Masculine Nominative Singular; epithet
tataḥtherefore
tataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya: 'therefore/thereupon'
smṛtaḥis called
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु)
FormPPP (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; passive: 'is called/remembered'
atyetisurpasses
atyeti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootati + √i (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Accusative Plural
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (निपात)
FormAvyaya, negation particle; here: 'not (even)'
aiśvaryātin lordship/power
aiśvaryāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootaiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Ablative Singular (पञ्चमी एकवचन): 'from/with respect to lordship'
balenaby strength
balena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Instrumental Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (निपात)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
mahā-asurāngreat demons
mahā-asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya: 'great demons'; Masculine Accusative Plural