Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 112
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
भूताभवादिनः शक्तास्त्रयो वेदाः प्रवादिनाम् / अग्नीध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः
Transliteration
bhūtābhavādinaḥ śaktāstrayo vedāḥ pravādinām / agnīdhraḥ kāśyapaścaiva paulastyo māgadhaśca yaḥ
Translation
宣说众生之生起（bhūta-ābhava）者具大能力；对于宣讲者而言，三部吠陀即为量（pramāṇa）。即阿格尼陀罗、迦叶、保罗斯提耶，以及摩揭陀。
Word by Word
bhūta-abhavādinaḥthose who assert the non-existence of beings
bhūta-abhavādinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta + abhāva + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: ‘speakers of non-existence of beings’
śaktāḥcapable
śaktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśak (धातु)
FormPast participle (क्त/कृत), Masculine Nominative Plural; ‘able/competent’
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral agreeing with vedāḥ
vedāḥVedas
vedāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
pravādināmof the proclaimers/expounders
pravādinām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootpra-vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
agnīdhraḥAgnīdhra
agnīdhraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagnīdhra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
kāśyapaḥKāśyapa
kāśyapaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
evaindeed, just
eva:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
paulastyaḥPaulastya
paulastyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpaulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
māgadhaḥMāgadha
māgadhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāgadha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun (referring to a person mentioned/understood)