Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 4
Vamśānukramaṇikā: Varuṇa–Kali Descendants and the Naiṛta Grahas
Genealogical Catalogue
Devanagari script
अख्यानकुशलो भूयः परं वाक्यमुवाच ह / ब्रुवतो मे निबोधंश्च ऋषिराह यथा मम
Transliteration
akhyānakuśalo bhūyaḥ paraṃ vākyamuvāca ha / bruvato me nibodhaṃśca ṛṣirāha yathā mama
Translation
Skilled in sacred narration, he spoke again these noble words: “Attend to what I declare, just as the rishi spoke it to me.”
Word by Word
ākhyāna-kuśalaḥskilled in narration
ākhyāna-kuśalaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ākhyāne kuśalaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūyaḥagain, further
bhūyaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (पुनरर्थक-अव्यय)
paramnext, further
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying vākyam
vākyamspeech/statement
vākyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
haindeed/forsooth
ha:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), narrative emphasis
bruvataḥwhile I speak / of me speaking
bruvataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ) in Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of me speaking’
memy/of me
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic
nibodhaṃunderstand, take note
nibodhaṃ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-budh (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
ṛṣiḥthe sage
ṛṣiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
āhasaid
āha:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yathāas, according to
yathā:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/adverb (यथार्थक-अव्यय)
mamamy/of me
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)