Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 143

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages

Devanagari script

स्वयंभुवो ऽथ ज्येष्ठस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः / प्रत्येकवेद्यंभवति त्रेतास्विह पुनः पुनः

Transliteration

svayaṃbhuvo 'tha jyeṣṭhasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / pratyekavedyaṃbhavati tretāsviha punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

Về Svayambhū, vị Brahmā tối thượng Parameṣṭhin—trong các thời Tretā, tại đây, hết lần này đến lần khác, mỗi Veda lại được nhận biết riêng biệt.

Word by Word

• svayaṃbhuvaḥ: the self-born ones
• svayaṃbhuvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); बहुव्रीहिः—स्वयं भूः यस्य सः (self-born)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; sambandha-bodhaka/anuvādaka (particle: then/now)

• jyeṣṭhasya: of the eldest
• jyeṣṭhasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• parameṣṭhinaḥ: of the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• parameṣṭhinaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• pratyeka-vedyam: individually knowable (as separate)
• pratyeka-vedyam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); कर्मधारयः—प्रत्येकं वेद्यं (individually knowable/each separately knowable)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)

• tretāsu: in the Tretā (yugas)
• tretāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tretā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (adverb of place: here)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (adverb: again)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; punarukti for emphasis (again and again)