Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 51

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

एतास्तु वीथयस्तिस्रो मध्यमो मार्ग उच्यते / मूलं पूर्वोत्तराषाढे अजवीथ्याभिशब्दिते

Transliteration

etāstu vīthayastisro madhyamo mārga ucyate / mūlaṃ pūrvottarāṣāḍhe ajavīthyābhiśabdite

Translation

These are the three vīthis; this is called the Middle Path. In Pūrvottarāṣāḍhā, the nakṣatra Mūla is renowned as Ajavīthī.

Word by Word

• etāḥ: these
• etāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); sarvanāma (pronoun)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta/particle (emphasis/contrast)

• vīthayaḥ: paths/avenues (vīthīs)
• vīthayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• tisraḥ: three
• tisraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक; संख्यावाचक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (numeral adjective) qualifying vīthayaḥ

• madhyamaḥ: middle
• madhyamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana (singular); viśeṣaṇa of mārgaḥ

• mārgaḥ: path/route
• mārgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; karmaṇi prayoga (passive)

• mūlam: Mūla (nakṣatra)
• mūlam: Viśeṣya/Naamapada (विशेष्य/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (neuter), Prathamā (Nom/1st) or Dvitīyā (Acc/2nd), Ekavacana; here as name/apposition

• pūrva-uttara-āṣāḍhe: in Pūrvā/Uttarā Āṣāḍhā
• pūrva-uttara-āṣāḍhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + āṣāḍhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa compound: pūrvottarāṣāḍhā = (pūrvā ca uttarā ca) āṣāḍhā (name of nakṣatra pair)

• aja-vīthyā: by/with the name ‘Ajavīthī’
• aja-vīthyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक) + vīthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ajavīthi = ‘Aja-vīthī’ (name)

• abhiśabdite: designated/called
• abhiśabdite: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-śabdita (कृदन्त; √śabd धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (kṛta: -ta), Saptamī (Loc/7th), Ekavacana; Napuṃsakaliṅga or agreeing with implied ‘(sthāne)’; sense: ‘designated/called’