Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 41

Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds

Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval

Devanagari script

तिर्यक् स्रोतस्तु सृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः / अभिप्रायमथोद्भूतं दृष्ट्वा सर्गं तथाविधम्

Transliteration

tiryak srotastu sṛṣṭvā vai dvitīyaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ / abhiprāyamathodbhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sargaṃ tathāvidham

Translation

至上主宰创造“横流类”（tiryak-srotas）之后，建立了第二重世界；继而观见如是生成的造化及其意向，便继续推进。

Word by Word

• tiryak: obliquely
• tiryak: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tiryak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘obliquely/sideways’

• srotas: the stream/channel
• srotas: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: srotas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• sṛṣṭvā: having created
• sṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having created’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/indeed

• dvitīyam: second
• dvitīyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying viśvam)

• viśvam: world/universe
• viśvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• abhiprāyam: intention/purpose
• abhiprāyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiprāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (निपात) ‘then/now’

• udbhūtam: arisen
• udbhūtam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+bhū (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular; agreeing with abhiprāyam (abhiprāyam udbhūtam = arisen intention)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having seen’

• sargam: creation/emanation
• sargam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• tathā-vidham: of that kind
• tathā-vidham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (tathā-vidha = of such a kind), qualifying sargam