Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 187
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
भवन्त्यन्योन्यहीनानि परस्परसमाश्रयात् / तथा ह्यालोक आकाशे भेदास्त्वन्तर्गता मताः
Transliteration
bhavantyanyonyahīnāni parasparasamāśrayāt / tathā hyāloka ākāśe bhedāstvantargatā matāḥ
Translation
अन्योन्यहीनानि भवन्ति परस्परसमाश्रयात्। तथा व्यालोक-आकाशे भेदाः अन्तर्गता मताः॥
Word by Word
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
anyonyahīnānimutually deficient (one lacking the other)
anyonyahīnāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanyonya + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
parasparasamāśrayātdue to mutual dependence
parasparasamāśrayāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootparaspara + samāśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'thus/so'
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
ālokein āloka
āloke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
ākāśein space/ether
ākāśe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhedāḥdifferences; distinctions
bhedāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
antargatāḥcontained within; internal
antargatāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar + √gam (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
matāḥare regarded/considered
matāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used predicatively, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)