Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 3
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
तेषां तु तद्भयक्रान्तक्षत्रियाणां च विद्रुताम् / अन्ववायस्तु सुमहांस्तत्र तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः
Transliteration
teṣāṃ tu tadbhayakrāntakṣatriyāṇāṃ ca vidrutām / anvavāyastu sumahāṃstatra tatra dvijottamāḥ
Translation
Behind those kṣatriyas, driven into flight by fear, there followed—here and there—a very great retinue, accompanied by dvijottamas, the foremost of the twice-born.
Word by Word
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Plural
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; contrast particle
tad-bhaya-krānta-kṣatriyāṇāmof the kṣatriyas overcome by that fear
tad-bhaya-krānta-kṣatriyāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad + bhaya + krānta (कृदन्त) + kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; multi-member tatpuruṣa ‘kṣatriyas overpowered by that fear’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
vidrutāmwho had fled
vidrutām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi + √dru + vidruta (कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; past participle (क्त) qualifying kṣatriyāṇām
anvavāyaḥfollowing/aftermath; pursuit
anvavāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanvavāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; contrast/emphasis
su-mahānvery great
su-mahān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu + mahant (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘very great’ qualifying anvavāyaḥ
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of place
tatrathere (here and there)
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; distributive repetition ‘here and there’
dvija-uttamāḥthe best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
dvija-uttamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural