Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20
Rāja-prabodhana and Prātaḥ-kṛtya
Awakening of the King and Morning Observances
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मन्किमनया ह्युक्त्या दृष्टस्ते यादृशो महान् / अस्माभिमहिमा येन विस्मितं सकलं जगत्
Transliteration
brahmankimanayā hyuktyā dṛṣṭaste yādṛśo mahān / asmābhimahimā yena vismitaṃ sakalaṃ jagat
Translation
O Brahman, what need is there for such words? We have beheld how great you are; by your majesty the whole world stands amazed.
Word by Word
ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin / O sage
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
किम्what (use)?
किम्:
Karma (कर्म) (in sense 'what [need]?')
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; used idiomatically with अनया
अनयाby this
अनया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
हिindeed / for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic/causal, indeclinable
उक्त्याby (mere) statement
उक्त्या:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
दृष्टःseen
दृष्टः:
Kriya (क्रिया) (passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate of त्वम् (implicit)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
यादृशःof what kind / such as
यादृशः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlates with महान्
महान्great
महान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहान्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
अस्माभिःby us
अस्माभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
महिमाgreatness
महिमा:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied 'is known')
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
येनby which
येन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
विस्मितम्astonished
विस्मितम्:
Kriya (क्रिया) (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-स्मि (धातु) → विस्मित (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate of जगत्
सकलम्entire
सकलम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; qualifies जगत्
जगत्world
जगत्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular