Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 3
Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation
Devanagari script
वज्रसंहननाः क्रूरा निर्दया निरपत्रपाः / अधर्मशीला नितरामेकघर्माण एव च
Transliteration
vajrasaṃhananāḥ krūrā nirdayā nirapatrapāḥ / adharmaśīlā nitarāmekagharmāṇa eva ca
Translation
They were hard as vajra, cruel, merciless, and shameless. Given over to adharma, they were fiercely obstinate, fixed upon a single burning impulse.
Word by Word
vajrasaṃhananāḥhaving adamantine frames
vajrasaṃhananāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvajra-saṃhanana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: vajrasya saṃhananaṃ yeṣām (diamond-like build)
krūrāḥcruel
krūrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
nirdayāḥmerciless
nirdayāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
nirapatrapāḥshameless, without modesty
nirapatrapāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirapatrapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
adharmaśīlāḥof unrighteous conduct
adharmaśīlāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootadharma-śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: adharmaṃ śīlaṃ yeṣām
nitarāmexceedingly
nitarām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitarām (अव्यय)
Formतीव्रता/परिमाण-अव्यय (adverb: 'exceedingly')
ekagharmāṇaḥof single (uniform) harshness/heat
ekagharmāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka-gharman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ekaḥ gharmā (one heat/one kind of ardor) yeṣām
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)