Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 23
Vamśānukramaṇikā: Varuṇa–Kali Descendants and the Naiṛta Grahas
Genealogical Catalogue
Devanagari script
यमौ प्रासूत च पुनर्यमं च यमुनां च ह / सा तु गत्वा कुरून्देवी वडवा रूपधारिणी
Transliteration
yamau prāsūta ca punaryamaṃ ca yamunāṃ ca ha / sā tu gatvā kurūndevī vaḍavā rūpadhāriṇī
Translation
She then bore the twins as well—Yama and Yamunā. After that, the Goddess went to the land of the Kurus, assuming the form of a mare (vaḍavā).
Word by Word
yamauthe two (Yama and Yamunā)
yamau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Dual (द्विवचन)
prāsūtagave birth
prāsūta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sū (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
yamamYama
yamam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
yamunāmYamunā
yamunām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyamunā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
haindeed
ha:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormParticle/emphasis (निपात)
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tubut
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAdversative particle (विरोध/अन्वय निपात)
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable; ‘having gone’
kurūnto the Kurus (region/people)
kurūn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkuru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)
devīthe goddess/lady
devī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; appositional
vaḍavāa mare
vaḍavā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvaḍavā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular
rūpadhāriṇīassuming a form
rūpadhāriṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrūpa-dhāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; compound: rūpa + dhāriṇī (‘form-bearing’)