Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 140
Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
Devanagari script
वृत्त्यर्थमभिलिप्संत्यो ह्यादौ त्रेतायुगस्य ताः / ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर्भगवान् ज्ञात्वा तासां मनीषितम्
Transliteration
vṛttyarthamabhilipsaṃtyo hyādau tretāyugasya tāḥ / brahmā svayaṃbhūrbhagavān jñātvā tāsāṃ manīṣitam
Translation
在特雷塔纪元之初，他们为求生计而来；自生的至尊梵天洞悉了他们的心愿。
Word by Word
vṛtti-arthamfor livelihood/sustenance
vṛtti-artham:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; purpose sense (प्रयोजनार्थे)
abhilipsantyaḥdesiring, wishing to obtain
abhilipsantyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhi-√lip(s) (धातु) + lipsant (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त), Feminine, Nominative, Plural; agreeing with tāḥ (prajāḥ)
hiindeed, for
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/emphatic
ādauat the beginning
ādau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; adverbial locative
tretā-yugasyaof the Tretā age
tretā-yugasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottretā (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
tāḥthose (beings)
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
svayambhūḥthe Self-born
svayambhūḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsvayambhū (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; epithet apposition to brahmā
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; honorific adjective for brahmā
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form; prior action
tāsāmof them
tāsām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th), Plural
manīṣitamintention, thought, desire
manīṣitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanīṣita (प्रातिपदिक; from √man/√māṇ?)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; object of jñātvā