Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 43
Bhārgava Rāma at Māhiṣmatī: Narmadā-stuti and the Challenge to Kārttavīryārjuna
Devanagari script
आकृष्य वाणाननलोग्रतेजसः समाकिरन्भार्गवमाससाद / दृष्ट्वा तमायान्तमथो महात्मा रामो गृहीत्वा धनुषं महोग्रम्
Transliteration
ākṛṣya vāṇānanalogratejasaḥ samākiranbhārgavamāsasāda / dṛṣṭvā tamāyāntamatho mahātmā rāmo gṛhītvā dhanuṣaṃ mahogram
Translation
Drawing arrows blazing with fierce, fire-like splendor, he showered Bhārgava with a rain of shafts and closed in; seeing him advance, the great-souled Rama seized his exceedingly formidable bow.
Word by Word
ākṛṣyahaving drawn
ākṛṣya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√kṛṣ (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
FormGerund (ल्यप्), indeclinable; ‘having drawn/pulled’
vāṇānarrows
vāṇān:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘ākṛṣya’)
TypeNoun
Rootvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)
anala-ugra-tejasaḥof fierce, fire-like radiance
anala-ugra-tejasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanala (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (कर्मधारय-श्रृंखला) ‘of fierce fire-like brilliance’; Masculine/Neuter Genitive (6th), Singular; qualifying ‘vāṇān’
samākiranshowering/scattering
samākiran:
Karta (कर्ता; participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√kṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘scattering/showering’ (agreeing with implied subject, likely rāmaḥ)
bhārgavamBhārgava (Paraśurāma)
bhārgavam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘samākiran/āsasāda’)
TypeNoun
Rootbhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
āsasādaapproached/attacked
āsasāda:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sad (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormGerund (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘dṛṣṭvā’)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
āyāntamcoming/approaching
āyāntam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√yā (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘tam’
athathen
atha:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/आरम्भक अव्यय)
uindeed
u:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; emphasis)
mahātmāthe great-souled one
mahātmā:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ‘great-souled’; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; epithet of rāmaḥ
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of implied main action)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
gṛhītvāhaving taken up
gṛhītvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormGerund (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable; ‘having seized’
dhanuṣambow
dhanuṣam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘gṛhītvā’)
TypeNoun
Rootdhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
mahā-ugramvery fierce
mahā-ugram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ‘very fierce’; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘dhanuṣam’