Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 77
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
श्वेताः शोणाः पिशङ्गास्च सारङ्गा हरि तार्जुनाः / उक्ता देवोपवाह्यास्ते गान्धर्वियोनयो हयाः
Transliteration
śvetāḥ śoṇāḥ piśaṅgāsca sāraṅgā hari tārjunāḥ / uktā devopavāhyāste gāndharviyonayo hayāḥ
Translation
They are said to be white, red, tawny, dappled, golden-green, and tārjuna-hued; these horses, born of Gandharvī’s line, were declared fit to bear the gods.
Word by Word
śvetāḥwhite
śvetāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśveta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
śoṇāḥred
śoṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśoṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
piśaṅgāḥtawny
piśaṅgāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpiśaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
sāraṅgāḥspotted/deer-colored
sāraṅgāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāraṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
hariyellowish/greenish
hari:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (Vedic/poetic form; equivalent to harayaḥ)
tārjunāḥpale/whitish (tārjuna)
tārjunāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottārjuna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
uktāḥare called/said
uktāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootukta (कृदन्त; √vac धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively = 'are said/called'
devopavāhyāḥfit for the gods to ride
devopavāhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdeva + upavāhya (प्रातिपदिक; from upa-√vah)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'fit to be ridden/carried by gods'
tethey/those
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun
gāndharviyonayaḥborn of the Gandharvī lineage
gāndharviyonayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgāndharvī + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'having Gandharvī as womb/origin'
hayāḥhorses
hayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural