Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 82
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
प्रहारैरशनिप्रख्यैर्निघ्नन्दैत्यान्सहस्रशः / चचार समरे रामः क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः
Transliteration
prahārairaśaniprakhyairnighnandaityānsahasraśaḥ / cacāra samare rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ
Translation
অশনি সদৃশ প্ৰহাৰে সহস্ৰ সহস্ৰ দৈত্যক নিধন কৰি, ক্ৰুদ্ধ ৰাম সমৰত অপৰ এক কালৰ দৰে বিচৰণ কৰিলে।
Word by Word
prahāraiḥwith blows/strikes
prahāraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootprahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
aśani-prakhyaiḥresembling thunderbolts
aśani-prakhyaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśani (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with prahāraiḥ
nighnankilling/striking down
nighnan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ
daityāndaityas
daityān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sahasraśaḥby the thousands
sahasraśaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb of manner/number (परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
cacāramoved/roamed
cacāra:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
samarein battle
samare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kruddhaḥfurious
kruddhaḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh, क्रुध्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kālaḥTime/Death
kālaḥ:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ivalike
iva:
Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), simile particle (उपमावाचक निपात)
aparaḥanother (as if)
aparaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ; 'another/second'