Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 39
गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनम्
Description of Gandharva Mūrchanā Characteristics
Devanagari script
द्वितीयपादभङ्गञ्चग्रहेनामप्रतिष्ठितम् / पूर्वमष्ठतीटती नद्वितीयं चापरान्तिकैः
Transliteration
dvitīyapādabhaṅgañcagrahenāmapratiṣṭhitam / pūrvamaṣṭhatīṭatī nadvitīyaṃ cāparāntikaiḥ
Translation
The breaking of the second pāda is established under the name “Graha”; the former is called “Aṣṭhatīṭatī,” yet the latter is not accepted by the Aparāntikas.
Word by Word
dvitīya-pāda-bhaṅgamthe break of the second quarter/foot
dvitīya-pāda-bhaṅgam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘dvitīyasya pādasya bhaṅgaḥ’ (break of the second pāda)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)
grahein/at graha (seizure/place-name)
grahe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgraha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormLocative Singular (7th/सप्तमी), Masculine; ‘in/at Graha’ or ‘in the seizing/ ग्रह’ (context uncertain)
nāmacalled
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormNaming particle (नाम-निपात)
pratiṣṭhitamestablished
pratiṣṭhitam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati+√sthā (धातु) → pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka Nominative/Accusative Singular; predicative ‘is established’
pūrvamformerly, first
pūrvam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) / pūrvam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘formerly/first’
aṣṭhatīṭatīAṣṭhatīṭatī (uncertain)
aṣṭhatīṭatī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Root(पाठभ्रंश)
FormUnclear/possibly corrupt reading; treated as a proper name/technical term; case likely Nominative Singular
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
dvitīyamthe second
dvitīyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Accusative, Singular; used substantively ‘the second (one)’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
aparāntikaiḥby the Aparāntikas
aparāntikaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaparāntika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural (3rd/तृतीया); ‘by the Aparāntikas (people of Aparānta)’