Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 6
यज्ञप्रवर्तनम् (Yajña-pravartana) — The Institution/Commencement of Sacrifice in Dvāpara
Devanagari script
वर्णानां विपरिध्वंसः संकीयत तथाश्रमाः / द्वैविध्यं प्रतिपद्येतेयुगे तस्मिञ्छ्रुति स्मृती
Transliteration
varṇānāṃ viparidhvaṃsaḥ saṃkīyata tathāśramāḥ / dvaividhyaṃ pratipadyeteyuge tasmiñchruti smṛtī
Translation
又说诸种姓趋于崩坏，诸住期（āśrama）亦日益狭隘；在那一纪中，《闻传》（Śruti）与《忆传》（Smṛti）也呈现二分之相。
Word by Word
varṇānāmof the varṇas
varṇānām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (genitive), Bahu-vacana
vipari-dhvaṃsaḥcomplete ruin; perversion and destruction
vipari-dhvaṃsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipari (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + dhvaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Eka-vacana; Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) with upasarga-like first member (vipari-)
saṃkīyateis spoken of; is called
saṃkīyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ√kī (धातु: की)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Eka-vacana, Ātmanepada; passive/medio-passive sense 'is called/mentioned'
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning 'likewise'
āśramāḥthe āśramas (stages of life)
āśramāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (co-subject with viparidhvaṃsaḥ in sense)
TypeNoun
Rootāśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Bahu-vacana (plural)
dvaividhyamduality; twofold state
dvaividhyam:
Karma (कर्म) (object of pratipadyete)
TypeNoun
Rootdvaividhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Eka-vacana
pratipadyetethey both attain/assume
pratipadyete:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati√pad (धातु: पद्)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Dvi-vacana (dual), Ātmanepada
yugein the age
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī-vibhakti, Eka-vacana
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napुṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī-vibhakti (locative), Eka-vacana
śrutiḥŚruti (Veda)
śrutiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (member of coordinated subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśruti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Eka-vacana; paired with smṛtiḥ as dual sense
smṛtiḥSmṛti (tradition)
smṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (member of coordinated subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsmṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Eka-vacana; coordinated with śrutiḥ