Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 15
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
इत्युक्त्वा तं महाभाग ज्ञातुमिच्छन्भृगूद्वहः / उपविश्य ततो भूमौ ध्यानमास्ते समाहितः
Transliteration
ityuktvā taṃ mahābhāga jñātumicchanbhṛgūdvahaḥ / upaviśya tato bhūmau dhyānamāste samāhitaḥ
Translation
Having spoken thus, the greatly blessed scion of Bhrigu, wishing to know, sat down upon the ground and, fully composed, entered meditation.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from √vac (वच्), having said; indeclinable verbal form
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mahābhāgaO fortunate one
mahābhāga:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; compound used as address
jñātumto know
jñātum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजनम्)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
FormInfinitive (तुमुनन्त), from √jñā (ज्ञा), ‘to know’
icchandesiring
icchan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootiṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; from √iṣ (इष्) ‘to desire’
bhṛgūdvahaḥthe best of the Bhṛgus
bhṛgūdvahaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhṛgu + udvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘bhṛgūṇām udvahaḥ’ (best of the Bhṛgus)
upaviśyahaving sat down
upaviśya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-√viś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from upa+√viś (उपविश्) ‘to sit down’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Desha-kala-adhikarana (देश-काल-अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
bhūmauon the ground
bhūmau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
dhyānammeditation
dhyānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
āsteremains/sits
āste:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootās (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; from √ās (आस्) ‘to sit/remain’
samāhitaḥcomposed, concentrated
samāhitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-√dhā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘collected, composed’