Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 49
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
तोषयित्वा जगन्नाथं प्रणामजय संस्तवैः / प्रार्थयामासुरसुरान्हन्तुं देवाः पिनाकिनम्
Transliteration
toṣayitvā jagannāthaṃ praṇāmajaya saṃstavaiḥ / prārthayāmāsurasurānhantuṃ devāḥ pinākinam
Translation
Having pleased Jagannātha with prostrations, cries of victory, and hymns of praise, the gods entreated the Pināka-bearing Lord to slay the asuras.
Word by Word
toṣayitvāhaving pleased
toṣayitvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Roottuṣ (धातु)
Formणिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative + क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund): toṣayitvā = having pleased
jagannāthamLord of the world
jagannātham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ nāthaḥ)
praṇāma-jaya-saṃstavaiḥwith salutations, victory-cries, and hymns of praise
praṇāma-jaya-saṃstavaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpraṇāma + jaya + saṃstava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (praṇāmaiḥ ca jayaiḥ ca saṃstavaiḥ ca)
prārthayāmāsuḥthey entreated/begged
prārthayāmāsuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + arth (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
asurānthe asuras
asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
hantumto kill
hantum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (भावे/कर्मणि), उद्देश्य (purpose)
devāḥthe gods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
pinākinamPinākin (Śiva, bearer of the Pināka bow)
pinākinam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् नाम (epithet of Śiva: bearer of Pināka)