Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 30
Bhārgava-Stuti and Kṛṣṇa’s Vara
Devotional Hymn and Boon to the Bhargava
Devanagari script
अथ रामो ऽपि धर्मात्मा भवानीं च भवं तथा / संपूज्य चाभिवाद्याथ प्रदक्षिणमुपा क्रमीत्
Transliteration
atha rāmo 'pi dharmātmā bhavānīṃ ca bhavaṃ tathā / saṃpūjya cābhivādyātha pradakṣiṇamupā kramīt
Translation
Then Rāma, righteous in soul, duly worshipped Bhavānī and Bhava (Śiva), bowed in reverence, and thereafter began the pradakṣiṇā.
Word by Word
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘then’
rāmaḥRāma
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘also’
dharmātmārighteous-souled
dharmātmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘whose nature is dharma’
bhavānīmBhavānī (Pārvatī)
bhavānīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavānī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
bhavamBhava (Śiva)
bhavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in like manner/also)
saṃpūjyahaving worshipped
saṃpūjya:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootpūj (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), ‘having worshipped’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
abhivādyahaving saluted
abhivādya:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootvand (धातु) + abhi- (उपसर्ग)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), ‘having saluted’
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘then’
pradakṣiṇamcircumambulation
pradakṣiṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म—‘circumambulation’
upāaround/near (as preverb)
upā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootupa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-रूप)
Formउपसर्ग-प्राय अव्यय; ‘near/around’—क्रियायोगे (with kramīt)
kramītbegan to proceed
kramīt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkram (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद—‘would proceed/began to perform’ (context: began to circumambulate)