Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 107
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
कृतादिषु युगाख्यासु सर्वैरेव पुनः पुनः / वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं क्रियते प्रथमं तु वै
Transliteration
kṛtādiṣu yugākhyāsu sarvaireva punaḥ punaḥ / varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kriyate prathamaṃ tu vai
Translation
Sa mga yugáng tinatawag na Kṛta at iba pa, sa bawat pagkakataon at ng lahat, unang itinatatag ang kaayusang varṇa at āśrama.
Word by Word
kṛta-ādiṣuin (the ages) starting with Kṛta
kṛta-ādiṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘in (the yugas) beginning with Kṛta’
yuga-ākhyāsuin the yuga-designations
yuga-ākhyāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘in the yuga-named (divisions)’
sarvaiḥby all (of them)
sarvaiḥ:
Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/agent-group)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) for emphasis
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
punaḥagain and again
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय) (repetition for emphasis)
varṇa-āśrama-vyavasthānamthe varṇa-āśrama arrangement
varṇa-āśrama-vyavasthānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + vyavasthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); multi-member तत्पुरुष ‘the arrangement of varṇas and āśramas’
kriyateis established/is done
kriyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense ‘is done/established’
prathamamfirst/primarily
prathamam:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormConcessive/contrast particle (निपात)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) for emphasis