Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 102
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
स तु द्वादशवर्षाणि दीक्षां तामुद्वहन्बली / अविद्यमाने मांसे तु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः
Transliteration
sa tu dvādaśavarṣāṇi dīkṣāṃ tāmudvahanbalī / avidyamāne māṃse tu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
Translation
He, the mighty one, bore that dīkṣā for twelve years; yet in the abode of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha there was no meat to be found.
Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-stem used attributively; qualifies varṣāṇi
varṣāṇiyears
varṣāṇi:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)
dīkṣāmconsecration/vow (initiation)
dīkṣām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
tāmthat
tām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun used adjectivally, Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
udvahancarrying/observing (the vow)
udvahan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√vah (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
balīstrong, mighty
balī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbalin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
avidyamānewhen (it) was not present/available
avidyamāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-√vid (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
FormPresent middle participle (शानच्-कृदन्त) with negation; Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन), Neuter/Masculine agreeing with māṃse; locative absolute sense “when flesh was not available”
māṃsein/with flesh (meat)
māṃse:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmāṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
vasiṣṭhasyaof Vasiṣṭha
vasiṣṭhasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled (sage)
mahātmanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); compound: mahā + ātman (great-souled) qualifying vasiṣṭha