Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 158
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
न शक्य आनुपूर्व्येण तेषां वक्तुं सुविस्तरः / अनादित्वाच्च कालस्य संख्यानां चैव सर्वशः
Transliteration
na śakya ānupūrvyeṇa teṣāṃ vaktuṃ suvistaraḥ / anāditvācca kālasya saṃkhyānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
Translation
अनादित्वात् कालस्य सर्वासां संख्यानां च, तेषां सुविस्तरं क्रमशः वक्तुं न शक्यते।
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
śakyaḥpossible
śakyaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/possibility predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootśakya (कृदन्त; शक्-धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शक् (धातु) + यत् (य) प्रत्यय, भाव्य/योग्य अर्थे; predicate adjective
ānupūrvyeṇain due order, sequentially
ānupūrvyeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument; manner)
TypeNoun
Rootānupūrvya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारे (instrumental of manner)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
vaktumto speak, to describe
vaktum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive); √वच् (to speak)
suvistaraḥvery detailed, at great length
suvistaraḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu-vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु + विस्तर) ‘very extensive’; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)
anāditvātbecause of beginninglessness
anāditvāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootanāditva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अनादि + त्व) ‘beginninglessness’; हेतौ (ablative of cause)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
kālasyaof time
kālasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन
saṃkhyānāmof the numbers/counts
saṃkhyānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed, just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
sarvaśaḥin every way, entirely
sarvaśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśas (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)