Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 29
युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च
Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis
Devanagari script
सर्वास्तु तमशक्तं च वाक्यमेतत्तु मानुषम् / मिश्रा इति समाख्याताः प्रभावादृषितां गाताः
Transliteration
sarvāstu tamaśaktaṃ ca vākyametattu mānuṣam / miśrā iti samākhyātāḥ prabhāvādṛṣitāṃ gātāḥ
Translation
此言虽出于人间，却亦夹带昏暗之性（tamas）之力。因其威势，他们得至仙圣之位，被称为“弥施罗”（Miśra）。
Word by Word
sarvāḥall (of them)
sarvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); used adjectivally
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connecting particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
tamaḥ-śaktamconnected with darkness/ignorance
tamaḥ-śaktam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottamas (प्रातिपदिक) + śakta (कृदन्त, √śak शक्)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—tamaḥ (genitive/qualifying) + śakta (capable/connected)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
vākyamspeech/statement
vākyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)
etatthis
etat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative singular; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
mānuṣamhuman
mānuṣam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative singular; agrees with vākyam
miśrāḥthe Miśras (a class/group)
miśrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmiśra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative plural
itithus/so called
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)
samākhyātāḥare called
samākhyātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√khyā (ख्या) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त), Masculine nominative plural; ‘having been named/called’
prabhāvātdue to (their) power/influence
prabhāvāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी) singular; cause/source
ṛṣitāmof the sages
ṛṣitām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (षष्ठी) plural
gātāḥhave gone/attained
gātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√gā (गा) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormPast active participle (कर्तरि भूतकृदन्त), Masculine nominative plural; ‘gone/attained’