Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 9

Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description

Devanagari script

विस्तरान्मण्डलाच्चैव योजनैस्तन्निबोधत / शतमेकं सहस्राणां योजनाग्रात्समन्ततः

Transliteration

vistarānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanaistannibodhata / śatamekaṃ sahasrāṇāṃ yojanāgrātsamantataḥ

Translation

当以由旬计其广袤与周圆；其四方周遍，延展至千数之中一百由旬之量。

Word by Word

• vistarāt: from the extent/expanse
• vistarāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Napuṃ (m./n.); here Ablative: Pañcamī vibhakti (Abl./5th), Ekavacana (sg.)

• maṇḍalāt: from the circle/orb
• maṇḍalāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Pañcamī vibhakti (Abl./5th), Ekavacana (sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphasis)

• yojanaiḥ: by yojanas (units of distance)
• yojanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instr./3rd), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• tat: that (it)
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc./2nd), Ekavacana (sg.)

• nibodhata: understand, take note
• nibodhata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √budh (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Bahuvacana (pl.), Ātmanepada

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); numeral noun

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); numeral adjective qualifying śatam

• sahasrāṇām: of thousands
• sahasrāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Gen./6th), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• yojanāgrāt: from the yojana-limit/measure
• yojanāgrāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.)/Puṃliṅga (m.) in usage; here Ablative: Pañcamī vibhakti (Abl./5th), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa: yojanānām agraṃ = yojanāgra (end/limit in yojanas)

• samantataḥ: on all sides, all around
• samantataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Pariṇāma/Deśa-avyaya (adverb: 'on all sides')