Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 30
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
बहून्वर्षगणान्गर्भं धारयामास वै द्विज / स गङ्गामभिगम्याह श्रूयतां सरिदुत्तमे
Transliteration
bahūnvarṣagaṇāngarbhaṃ dhārayāmāsa vai dvija / sa gaṅgāmabhigamyāha śrūyatāṃ sariduttame
Translation
O twice-born one, for many years he bore that fetus. Then he approached the Gaṅgā and said: “Hear me, O best of rivers.”
Word by Word
bahūnmany
bahūn:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (बहु प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agreeing with varṣagaṇān
varṣa-gaṇānfor many groups of years
varṣa-gaṇān:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (वर्ष) + gaṇa (गण) (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'groups of years'
garbhamthe embryo
garbham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (गर्भ प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dhārayāmāsabore/held
dhārayāmāsa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dhṛ (धृ धातु) + causative (णिच्) + perfect/periphrastic perfect
FormPeriphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद/परिप्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); causative stem dhāraya-
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात-अव्यय)
dvijaO twice-born (sage)
dvija:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
gaṅgāmto Gaṅgā
gaṅgām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (गङ्गा प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्री), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
abhigamyahaving approached
abhigamya:
Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √gam (गम् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): -ya form, indeclinable verbal (अव्ययभाव)
āhasaid
āha:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (अह्/ब्रू धात्वर्थे)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु)
FormImperative passive (लोट्, कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sarit-uttameO best of rivers
sarit-uttame:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsarit (सरित्) + uttama (उत्तम)
FormFeminine (स्त्री), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'best of rivers'