Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 50
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
ततस्तेषां प्रतिश्रुत्य दानवानां वधं नृप / देवानां वरदः शंभुर्महो दरमुवाच ह
Transliteration
tatasteṣāṃ pratiśrutya dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ nṛpa / devānāṃ varadaḥ śaṃbhurmaho daramuvāca ha
Translation
Then, O king, having pledged the slaying of the Dānavas, Śambhu—the boon-giver to the Devas—spoke to Mahodara.
Word by Word
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
pratiśrutyahaving promised
pratiśrutya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√śru (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable); ‘having promised/heard in return’
dānavānāmof the Dānavas (demons)
dānavānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
vadhamslaying
vadham:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvadha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
nṛpaO king
nṛpa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
devānāmof the gods
devānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
varadaḥboon-giver
varadaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvara-da (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpuruṣa): vara + da ‘giver of boons’; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
śaṃbhuḥŚambhu (Śiva)
śaṃbhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
mahodaramMahodara
mahodaram:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘said to’)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-udara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (Karmadhāraya): mahā + udara ‘great-bellied’ (proper name); द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)
haindeed/it is said
ha:
Nipāta (निपात/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable particle), कथन-निपात (emphatic/quotative particle)