Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 11
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
न केवलं भवान् व्याधस्तेषां नेदृग्विधाकृतिः / तस्मात्तुभ्यं नमस्तस्मै सुरुपं संप्रदर्शय
Transliteration
na kevalaṃ bhavān vyādhasteṣāṃ nedṛgvidhākṛtiḥ / tasmāttubhyaṃ namastasmai surupaṃ saṃpradarśaya
Translation
You are not merely a hunter; such a form is not theirs. Therefore I bow to you, and I bow to that Supreme as well—reveal your auspicious, beautiful form.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
kevalamonly/merely
kevalam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkevala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial use)
bhavānyou (sir)
bhavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-प्राय (honorific pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vyādhaḥhunter
vyādhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyādha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
īdṛk-vidhā-kṛtiḥsuch a kind of form/appearance
īdṛk-vidhā-kṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīdṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग ‘कृति’; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ईदृक्-विधा = such-kind; तत्सम्बद्धा कृतिः)
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात्—अव्ययीभाववत् निपात (therefore; ablative-form used adverbially)
tubhyamto you
tubhyam:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनमः—निपात/अव्यय (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थी-योग्य
tasmaito him
tasmai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन
su-rūpambeautiful form
su-rūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsu (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं रूपम्)
saṃpradarśayashow / reveal
saṃpradarśaya:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + pra + dṛś (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद