Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 74

Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada

Devanagari script

गणास्त्वेते त्रयः ख्याता देवातानां महात्मनाम् / एकैकस्त्रिंशतस्तेषां गणस्तु त्रिदिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

gaṇāstvete trayaḥ khyātā devātānāṃ mahātmanām / ekaikastriṃśatasteṣāṃ gaṇastu tridivaukasām

Translation

Ba gaṇa này được biết là các đoàn thể của chư thiên đại hồn; và trong mỗi gaṇa của cư dân cõi Trời có ba mươi mốt vị.

Word by Word

• gaṇāḥ: groups
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/contrast

• ete: these
• ete: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative qualifying gaṇāḥ

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral qualifying gaṇāḥ

• khyātāḥ: are known/called
• khyātāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively with gaṇāḥ

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled
• mahātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; karmadhāraya: mahā ca asau ātmā (mahātman)

• ekaikaḥ: each
• ekaikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka-eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; distributive “each one”

• triṃśataḥ: by thirty (each)
• triṃśataḥ: Hetu/Pramāṇa (हेतु/प्रमाण; adverbial measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; used adverbially = “by thirty / in thirties”

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• gaṇaḥ: a group
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• tridivaukasām: of the heaven-dwellers
• tridivaukasām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva-okas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; tatpuruṣa: tridive okasām (dwellers in heaven)