Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 103
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
एतान्भावानधिगता ये वै त ऋषयो मताः / सप्तैते सप्तभिश्चैव गुणैः सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः
Transliteration
etānbhāvānadhigatā ye vai ta ṛṣayo matāḥ / saptaite saptabhiścaiva guṇaiḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
凡证得这些境界者，方被认作圣仙（ṛṣi）。此七位具足七种德性，故被称念为“七圣仙”（Saptarṣi）。
Word by Word
etānthese
etān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative adjective
bhāvānstates/qualities/realities
bhāvān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
adhigatāḥhaving attained/realized
adhigatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhi√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) for emphasis
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
ṛṣayaḥsages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
matāḥare considered
matāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√man (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
saptaseven
sapta:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective; indeclinable-like in form here; qualifying plural group
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative pronoun
saptabhiḥby/with seven
saptabhiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral used substantively
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) for emphasis/restriction
guṇaiḥby qualities
guṇaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
saptarṣayaḥthe Seven Sages
saptarṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); द्विगु-समास (numeral + noun)
smṛtāḥare remembered/called
smṛtāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√smṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)