Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 187
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
भवन्त्यन्योन्यहीनानि परस्परसमाश्रयात् / तथा ह्यालोक आकाशे भेदास्त्वन्तर्गता मताः
Transliteration
bhavantyanyonyahīnāni parasparasamāśrayāt / tathā hyāloka ākāśe bhedāstvantargatā matāḥ
Translation
Do nương tựa lẫn nhau, chúng không thiếu vắng nhau. Cũng vậy, các sai biệt trong hư không Vyālokā được xem là hàm chứa bên trong.
Word by Word
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
anyonyahīnānimutually deficient (one lacking the other)
anyonyahīnāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanyonya + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
parasparasamāśrayātdue to mutual dependence
parasparasamāśrayāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootparaspara + samāśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'thus/so'
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
ālokein āloka
āloke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
ākāśein space/ether
ākāśe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhedāḥdifferences; distinctions
bhedāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
antargatāḥcontained within; internal
antargatāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar + √gam (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
matāḥare regarded/considered
matāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used predicatively, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)