Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 62
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
केचित्पुरुषकारं तु प्राहुः कर्म च मानवाः / दैवमित्यपरे विप्राः स्वभावं भूतचिन्तकाः
Transliteration
kecitpuruṣakāraṃ tu prāhuḥ karma ca mānavāḥ / daivamityapare viprāḥ svabhāvaṃ bhūtacintakāḥ
Translation
有人说原因在于人的努力与业；另一些婆罗门称之为天命；思惟诸元素者则认为那是自性。
Word by Word
kecitsome (people)
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndefinite pronoun (कश्चित्), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
puruṣa-kāramhuman effort
puruṣa-kāram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘human effort’; Masculine, Accusative, Singular
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
prāhuḥthey say
prāhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra+ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada
karmaaction (karma)
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
mānavāḥmen, humans
mānavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
daivamfate/divine (agency)
daivam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
apareothers
apare:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
viprāḥbrahmins, sages
viprāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
svabhāvamintrinsic nature
svabhāvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
bhūta-cintakāḥthinkers on beings (natural philosophers)
bhūta-cintakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + cintaka (प्रातिपदik)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘thinkers about beings/elements’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; apposition to viprāḥ