Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 145

व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages

Devanagari script

आवर्त्तमाना ऋषयो युगाख्यासु पुनः पुनः / कुर्वन्ति संहिता ह्येते जायमानाः परस्परम्

Transliteration

āvarttamānā ṛṣayo yugākhyāsu punaḥ punaḥ / kurvanti saṃhitā hyete jāyamānāḥ parasparam

Translation

诸圣仙在各劫名号中一再回旋，彼此相继而生；正是他们编成这些《集本》（三摩希多）。

Word by Word

• āvartamānāḥ: returning/recurring
• āvartamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (Present participle), Parasmaipada; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• yugākhyāsu: in the yuga-named (periods)
• yugākhyāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana (Plural); तत्पुरुषः—युगस्य आख्या (named by yugas / in the yuga-designations)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (again)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (काल/Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; punarukti for emphasis

• kurvanti: make/compose
• kurvanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Parasmaipada

• saṃhitāḥ: collections/saṃhitās
• saṃhitāḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; nipāta (indeed)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• jāyamānāḥ: being born/arising
• jāyamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (Present passive participle sense), Ātmanepada; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• parasparam: mutually, one after another
• parasparam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; anyonya-artha (reciprocal adverb: mutually)