Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 52
Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
Devanagari script
गुहायां निहितं ब्रह्म कश्यपेन महात्मना / अमृतं गुह्यमुद्धृत्य योगे योगविदां वराः
Transliteration
guhāyāṃ nihitaṃ brahma kaśyapena mahātmanā / amṛtaṃ guhyamuddhṛtya yoge yogavidāṃ varāḥ
Translation
The great-souled Kaśyapa hid Brahman within a cave; the foremost among the knowers of Yoga drew forth that secret nectar and became established in Yoga.
Word by Word
guhāyāmin a cave/secret place
guhāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootguhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)
nihitamplaced, deposited
nihitam:
Karmaṇi-bhāva / Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnihita (कृदन्त; ni-√dhā धा)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); here predicate/qualifier of brahma
brahmaBrahman, the Absolute
brahma:
Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (topic)
kaśyapenaby Kaśyapa
kaśyapena:
Kartṛ (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृकरण (agent/instrument in passive sense)
mahātmanāby the great-souled (one)
mahātmanā:
Kartṛ-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (mahān ātmā yasya/mahā + ātman); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण कश्यपस्य
amṛtamnectar/immortality
amṛtam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of uddhṛtya)
guhyamsecret
guhyam:
Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootguhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण (qualifier of amṛtam)
uddhṛtyahaving drawn out
uddhṛtya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√hṛ (हृ)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having extracted’
yogein yoga
yoge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (sphere/condition)
yoga-vidāmof the knowers of yoga
yoga-vidām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक from √vid विद्)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: yogasya vid = knower of yoga); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
varāḥthe best/excellent (ones)
varāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृ/विधेय (the excellent ones)