Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 67
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
अत्यन्तधार्मिका गौरी तस्य पत्नी पतिव्रता / अभिशस्ता तु सा भर्त्रा नदी सा बाहुदा कृता
Transliteration
atyantadhārmikā gaurī tasya patnī pativratā / abhiśastā tu sā bhartrā nadī sā bāhudā kṛtā
Translation
Gaurī, supremely devoted to dharma, was his wife, steadfast in wifely vows. Yet, cursed by her husband, she became the river called Bāhudā.
Word by Word
atyanta-dhārmikāextremely righteous
atyanta-dhārmikā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootatyanta (अव्यय) + dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (‘exceedingly righteous’); Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
gaurīGaurī
gaurī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possession)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6th), Singular (एकवचन)
patnīwife
patnī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpatnī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
pativratādevoted to her husband
pativratā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā/vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (उपपद/षष्ठी sense: ‘devoted to husband’); Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
abhiśastāaccused / denounced
abhiśastā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootabhi-śasta (कृदन्त; √śaṃs/शंस् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/ktá); Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (विरोध/contrast)
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
bhartrāby (her) husband
bhartrā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3rd), Singular (एकवचन)
nadīa river
nadī:
Karta (कर्ता; result)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
bāhudāBāhudā
bāhudā:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootbāhudā (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
FormProper noun (river-name); Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)
kṛtāwas made / became
kṛtā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ/कृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/ktá) used predicatively; Feminine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)