Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68
Jāmadagnya-Rāmasya Tapaścaraṇam
The Austerities of Rama Jamadagnya
Devanagari script
अहिंसालक्षणो धर्मो लोकेषु यदि ते मतः / स्वहस्तेन कथं राम मातरं कृत्तवानसि
Transliteration
ahiṃsālakṣaṇo dharmo lokeṣu yadi te mataḥ / svahastena kathaṃ rāma mātaraṃ kṛttavānasi
Translation
If you believe that Dharma in the worlds is characterized by non-violence, then how, O Rama, did you kill your mother with your own hand?
Word by Word
अहिंसा-लक्षणःcharacterized by non-violence
अहिंसा-लक्षणः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अहिंसा-लक्षण = ‘having non-violence as its mark’); विशेषण (qualifying धर्मः)
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
लोकेषुin the worlds, among people
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
FormConditional conjunction (शर्तबोधक अव्यय)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form2nd person pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
मतः(is) your view
मतः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘opinion/accepted view’
स्व-हस्तेनwith your own hand
स्व-हस्तेन:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वहस्त = ‘one’s own hand’); करणत्वे तृतीया
कथम्how
कथम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय)
रामO Rama
राम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
कृत्तवान्having cut down / killed
कृत्तवान्:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृत् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘having cut/killed’ (agentive participle)
असिyou are (have)
असि:
Kriya (क्रिया/copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 2nd Person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular