Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 16
ऋषिसर्गवर्णन (Rishi-Sarga Varṇana) — Account of the Creation/Origination of Sages and Beings
Devanagari script
धर्मार्थं नाशिताः सर्वे विधिना च न संशयः / तस्योद्यतस्तदा दक्षः क्रुद्धः शापाय वै प्रभुः
Transliteration
dharmārthaṃ nāśitāḥ sarve vidhinā ca na saṃśayaḥ / tasyodyatastadā dakṣaḥ kruddhaḥ śāpāya vai prabhuḥ
Translation
For the sake of dharma they were all destroyed by Vidhi’s ordinance—without doubt; then Dakṣa, the lord, rose in wrath, ready to pronounce a curse.
Word by Word
dharma-arthamfor the sake of dharma
dharma-artham:
Karma (कर्म/goal)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular — purpose (प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया); compound: (dharmasya arthaḥ)
nāśitāḥdestroyed
nāśitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Root√naś (धातु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
vidhināby rule; by ordinance
vidhinā:
Karana (करण/by ordinance)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
nanot; no
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/of him)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
udyataḥready; raised (to act)
udyataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootud-√yam (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Singular — 'raised/ready'
tadāthen
tadā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
dakṣaḥDakṣa
dakṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
kruddhaḥangry
kruddhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Root√krudh (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
śāpāyafor a curse; to curse
śāpāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/for cursing)
TypeNoun
Rootśāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular — purpose
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) — emphasis
prabhuḥthe lord; powerful one
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular