Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14

Vasiṣṭha-gamana

Vasiṣṭha’s Departure / The Episode of Sagara

Devanagari script

बभूव हैहयैर्वीरैः संग्रामो रोमहर्षणः / राज्ञां यत्र सहस्राणि स बलानि महाहवे

Transliteration

babhūva haihayairvīraiḥ saṃgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ / rājñāṃ yatra sahasrāṇi sa balāni mahāhave

Translation

With the Haihaya heroes there arose a battle that made the hair stand on end; in that great war were thousands upon thousands of royal hosts.

Word by Word

• babhūva: there was, arose
• babhūva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, Perfect), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• haihayaiḥ: with/by the Haihayas
• haihayaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/सहयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haihaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vīraiḥ: heroic
• vīraiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies haihayaiḥ

• saṃgrāmaḥ: battle
• saṃgrāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• romaharṣaṇaḥ: hair-raising, thrilling
• romaharṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roma (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣaṇa (हृष् धातु, णिच्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: romāṇi harṣayati iti

• rājñām: of kings
• rājñām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sa: those
• sa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative agreeing with balāni

• balāni: armies, forces
• balāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahāhave: in the great battle
• mahāhave: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + āhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: mahān āhavaḥ