Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 31

Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description

Devanagari script

वसंति तेषु सत्त्वानि नानाजातीनि सर्वशः / इदं हैमवतं वर्षं भारतं नाम विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

vasaṃti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ / idaṃ haimavataṃ varṣaṃ bhārataṃ nāma viśrutam

Translation

Doon ay naninirahan sa lahat ng dako ang mga nilalang na iba’t ibang lahi. Ito ang varsha na kaugnay ng Himavat, na tanyag sa pangalang ‘Bharata’.

Word by Word

• vasanti: dwell/live
• vasanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana

• teṣu: in those (regions)
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana; सर्वनाम

• sattvāni: beings/creatures
• sattvāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana

• nānā-jātīni: of many kinds
• nānā-jātīni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of sattvāni
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + jāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana; विशेषणम् (various kinds)

• sarvaśaḥ: everywhere/in all ways
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (कर्ता) (topic/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; सर्वनाम

• haimavatam: Haimavata (connected with Himavat)
• haimavatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of varṣam
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haimavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ द्वितीया (1st/2nd), Ekavacana; विशेषणम् (belonging to Himavat)

• varṣam: region/land (varṣa)
• varṣam: Karta (कर्ता) (with idaṃ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ द्वितीया (1st/2nd), Ekavacana

• bhāratam: Bhārata
• bhāratam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण) with varṣam
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ द्वितीया (1st/2nd), Ekavacana; नाम (proper name)

• nāma: named/indeed
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (quotative/namely particle)

• viśrutam: well-known
• viśrutam: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√śru (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle, Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ द्वितीया (1st/2nd), Ekavacana; विशेषणम्