Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 97

Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle

Devanagari script

मानसा नाम ते लोका वर्तन्ते यत्र ते दिवि / एतेषां मानसी कन्या नर्मदा सरितां वरा

Transliteration

mānasā nāma te lokā vartante yatra te divi / eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā

Translation

آسمانی دیو لوک میں جہاں وہ رہتے ہیں وہ ‘مانس’ نام کے لوک ہیں؛ ان کی مانسی کنیا نَرمدا، ندیوں میں سب سے برتر ہے۔

Word by Word

• mānasāḥ: mind-born / mental
• mānasāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively qualifying lokāḥ

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय), naming marker

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• lokāḥ: worlds/realms
• lokāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vartante: exist/are found
• vartante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु √vṛt)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mānasī: mind-born
• mānasī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying kanyā

• kanyā: daughter
• kanyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• narmadā: Narmadā
• narmadā: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name

• saritām: of rivers
• saritām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• varā: best/excellent
• varā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying narmadā