Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 24
Agastyopadeśa: Viṣṇupada-stava-sādhanā and Paraśurāma’s Darśana of Hari
Devanagari script
अहं प्रभो कामनिबद्धचित्तो भवन्तमार्यं विविधप्रयत्नैः / आराधयं नाथ भवानभिज्ञः किं ते ह विज्ञाप्यमिहास्ति लोके
Transliteration
ahaṃ prabho kāmanibaddhacitto bhavantamāryaṃ vividhaprayatnaiḥ / ārādhayaṃ nātha bhavānabhijñaḥ kiṃ te ha vijñāpyamihāsti loke
Translation
O Lord, my mind is bound by desire; though I strive in many ways, O noble One, I cannot worship You as I should. O Master, You are all-knowing—what is there in this world that I could even report to You?
Word by Word
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Nominative, Singular
prabhoO Lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
kāma-nibaddha-cittaḥwhose mind is bound by desire
kāma-nibaddha-cittaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma + nibaddha + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi ‘kāmena nibaddhaṃ cittaṃ yasya’; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
bhavantamyou
bhavantam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun of respect, Accusative, Singular
āryamnoble
āryam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootārya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular; used as epithet
vividha-prayatnaiḥwith various efforts
vividha-prayatnaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvividha + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘vividhaḥ prayatnaḥ’; Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
ārādhayamI worship
ārādhayam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā + rādh (धातु)
FormLaṭ (Present), Parasmaipada, 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular
nāthaO protector
nātha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnātha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
bhavānyou
bhavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun of respect, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
abhijñaḥall-knowing
abhijñaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhijña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
kimwhat
kim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular
haindeed
ha:
Sambandha (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
vijñāpyam(something) to be informed (to you)
vijñāpyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvi + jñap (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
FormKṛdanta: gerundive/necessitative (तव्यत्/यत् sense), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ihahere
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
astiis
asti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular