Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 22
Pushkarākṣa’s Battle with Rāma Jāmadagnya (Bhārgava) — Astras and the Fall of a Prince
Devanagari script
पुत्रास्तस्य महावीर्याः शतं युद्धविशारदाः / सेनाः संव्यूह्य संतस्थुः संग्रामे पितुराज्ञया
Transliteration
putrāstasya mahāvīryāḥ śataṃ yuddhaviśāradāḥ / senāḥ saṃvyūhya saṃtasthuḥ saṃgrāme piturājñayā
Translation
His hundred sons, mighty in valor and skilled in war, arrayed the armies in formation and took their stand in battle by their father’s command.
Word by Word
putrāḥsons
putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
mahā-vīryāḥof great valor
mahā-vīryāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः ‘great in valor’
śatama hundred
śatam:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या) / numeral qualifier
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as numeral collective ‘a hundred’ agreeing in sense with plural putrāḥ
yuddha-viśāradāḥskilled in warfare
yuddha-viśāradāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootyuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘skilled in battle’
senāḥarmies
senāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (with putrāḥ as leaders implied)
TypeNoun
Rootsenā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
saṃvyūhyahaving arranged (in formation)
saṃvyūhya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√vyūh (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; ल्यप्) ‘having arrayed/formed (in battle order)’
saṃtasthuḥstood/held position
saṃtasthuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√sthā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
saṃgrāmein battle
saṃgrāme:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pituḥ-ājñayāby the father’s order
pituḥ-ājñayā:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (पितुः आज्ञा) ‘by the father’s command’