Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 24
Vamśānukramaṇikā: Varuṇa–Kali Descendants and the Naiṛta Grahas
Genealogical Catalogue
Devanagari script
सवितुश्चास्य रूपस्य नासिकाभ्यां तु तौ स्मृतौ / प्रासूत सा महाभाग त्वन्तरिक्षे ऽश्विनौ किल
Transliteration
savituścāsya rūpasya nāsikābhyāṃ tu tau smṛtau / prāsūta sā mahābhāga tvantarikṣe 'śvinau kila
Translation
It is remembered that the two (Aśvin twins) arose from the two nostrils of Savitṛ in that form. That greatly blessed one bore the Aśvinau in the mid-air realm (antarikṣa).
Word by Word
savituḥof Savitṛ
savituḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsavitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
asyaof this (his)
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
rūpasyaof the form
rūpasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th), Singular
nāsikābhyāmby/with the two nostrils
nāsikābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
tauthose two
tau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Dual; demonstrative pronoun
smṛtauare remembered/known
smṛtau:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsmṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Dual; past passive participle used adjectivally (कृदन्त-विशेषण)
prāsūtagave birth
prāsūta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sū (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular
mahābhāgaO greatly fortunate one
mahābhāga:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; address; compound: mahā + bhāga
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
antarikṣein the mid-air
antarikṣe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantarikṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
aśvinauthe two Aśvins
aśvinau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaśvin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Dual
kilait is said
kila:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkila (अव्यय)
FormParticle indicating report/tradition (निपात)