Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 25
Vasiṣṭha-gamana
Vasiṣṭha’s Departure / The Episode of Sagara
Devanagari script
तालजङ्घान्निहत्याजौ राजा स बलवाहनान् / क्रमेण नाशयामास तद्राज्यमरिकर्षणः
Transliteration
tālajaṅghānnihatyājau rājā sa balavāhanān / krameṇa nāśayāmāsa tadrājyamarikarṣaṇaḥ
Translation
Having slain the Tālajaṅghas in battle, that king—the crusher of foes—proceeded in due course to destroy the realm of the Balavāhanas as well.
Word by Word
tālajaṅghānthe Tālajaṅghas
tālajaṅghān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottālajaṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
nihatyahaving slain
nihatya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√han (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having slain’
ājauin battle
ājau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in battle’
rājāthe king
rājā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun referring to Sagara
balavāhanānBalavāhanas (a people/tribe)
balavāhanān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbalavāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
krameṇagradually, in sequence
krameṇa:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adverbial instrumental ‘in order/gradually’
nāśayāmāsadestroyed
nāśayāmāsa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√naś (धातु) causative (णिच्)
FormLiṭ-lakāra (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; causative: ‘caused to perish/destroyed’
tat-rājyamthat kingdom
tat-rājyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘that kingdom’
ari-karṣaṇaḥenemy-subduer
ari-karṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootari (प्रातिपदिक) + karṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; epithet of the king: ‘one who harasses enemies’