Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 83
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
हत्वा तु सकलान्दैत्यान्देवान्सर्वानहर्षयत् / क्षणेन नाशयामास रामः प्रहरतां वरः
Transliteration
hatvā tu sakalāndaityāndevānsarvānaharṣayat / kṣaṇena nāśayāmāsa rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
Translation
وبعد أن قتل جميع الديتيا أدخل الفرح على الآلهة جميعًا. راما، خير الضاربين، أفناهم في لحظة واحدة.
Word by Word
hatvāhaving slain
hatvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrva-kriyā)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
sakalānall
sakalān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsakala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daityān
daityāndaityas
daityān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarvānall
sarvān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies devān
aharṣayatgladdened/delighted
aharṣayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothṛṣ (धातु)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, aorist) causative sense (णिच् implied), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular
kṣaṇenain a moment
kṣaṇena:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial instrument 'in a moment'
nāśayāmāsadestroyed/caused to perish
nāśayāmāsa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnaś (धातु)
FormCausative (णिच्) + Liṭ (लिट्, periphrastic perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
praharatāmof the strikers/warriors
praharatām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpraharat (कृदन्त; √hṛ/har? here √hṛ 'to strike' as प्र-√हृ/प्रहर् in usage)
FormPresent active participle used substantively (शतृ-प्रत्यय), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
varaḥthe best
varaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate/apposition to rāmaḥ