Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 189
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
तन्तुनामिव संतारो भूतेष्वन्तर्गतो मतः / प्रत्या ख्याय तु भूतानि कार्योत्पर्त्तिन विद्यते
Transliteration
tantunāmiva saṃtāro bhūteṣvantargato mataḥ / pratyā khyāya tu bhūtāni kāryotparttina vidyate
Translation
如同丝线交织之网，此相续被认为内在于诸bhūta之中；若否定诸bhūta，则一切作用之生起亦无从成立。
Word by Word
tantūnāmof threads
tantūnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottantu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormSimile particle (उपमा-निपात)
saṃtāraḥinterweaving; pervasion
saṃtāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃtāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūteṣuin the elements/beings
bhūteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
antargataḥentered within; internal
antargataḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar + √gam (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used adjectivally, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mataḥis considered
mataḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) used predicatively, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
pratyākhyāyahaving rejected/denied
pratyākhyāya:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati-ā-√khyā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
bhūtānithe elements/beings
bhūtāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
kārya-utpattiḥproduction of an effect; effect-origination
kārya-utpattiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
vidyateexists/is found
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)