Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 60
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
हिंस्राहिंस्रे सृजन् क्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते / तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
Transliteration
hiṃsrāhiṃsre sṛjan krūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte / tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate
Translation
Nililikha Niya ang marahas at di-marahas, ang malupit, at ang totoo at di-totoong natatabingan ng dharma at adharma; ang mga nilalang na hinubog ng gayong hilig ay doon napapapunta, kaya iyon ang kanilang kinahihiligan.
Word by Word
hiṃsrein violence/violent (state)
hiṃsre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roothiṃsra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); paired with ahiṃsre
ahiṃsrein non-violence/non-violent (state)
ahiṃsre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootahiṃsra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular; paired with hiṃsre
sṛjancreating
sṛjan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (कर्तरि शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘creating/producing’ (contextual agent)
krūrein cruelty/cruel (state)
krūre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular; parallel locative with hiṃsre/ahiṃsre
dharma-adharmadharma and adharma
dharma-adharma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + adharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCopulative compound (द्वन्द्व), Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Dual (द्विवचन) (stem used in next compound)
āvṛta-anṛtein (the pair) truth/falsehood—(specifically) in falsehood veiled/covered
āvṛta-anṛte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootāvṛta (√vṛ, क्त) + anṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) as descriptive pair; Neuter, Locative, Dual; qualifying the locative field with ‘anṛta covered/veiled’
tad-bhāvitāḥconditioned by that
tad-bhāvitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāvita (√bhū/√bhāv, क्त)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘by that conditioned’; Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
prapadyantethey resort to/attain
prapadyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra+pad (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural, Ātmanepada
tasmāttherefore, from that
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Masculine/Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; correlating with tasya
tasyafor him/of him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular
rocateis pleasing/appears desirable
rocate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootruc (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada