Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 33
Nimivaṃśānukīrtana (Genealogical Recitation of the Nimi Line) — with Atri–Soma Origin Motif
Devanagari script
तेन ब्रह्मशिरो नाम परमास्त्रं महात्मना / उद्दिश्य देवानुत्सृष्टं येनैषां नाशितं यशः
Transliteration
tena brahmaśiro nāma paramāstraṃ mahātmanā / uddiśya devānutsṛṣṭaṃ yenaiṣāṃ nāśitaṃ yaśaḥ
Translation
That great-souled one released the supreme weapon called Brahmaśira, aimed at the gods; by it their glory was brought to ruin.
Word by Word
tenaby him/thereby
tena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया, एकवचन
brahma-śiraḥBrahma’s head (Brahmaśiras)
brahma-śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman + śiras (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + शिरस्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ śiraḥ)
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable) used as नाम-निर्देशक (quotative ‘named’)
parama-astramthe supreme weapon
parama-astram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootparama + astra (प्रातिपदिक; परम + अस्त्र)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (paramam astraṃ)
mahātmanāby the great-souled (one)
mahātmanā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by the great-souled one)
uddiśyahaving aimed
uddiśya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-diś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having aimed/pointed (at)’
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म/Target)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Plural)
utsṛṣṭamreleased, discharged
utsṛṣṭam:
Karma (कर्म; weapon as thing released)
TypeVerb
Rootut-sṛj (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘astraṃ’
yenaby which
yena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun
eṣāmof these (of them)
eṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
nāśitamdestroyed
nāśitam:
Kriya (क्रिया; result state)
TypeVerb
Rootnaś (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate with ‘yaśaḥ’
yaśaḥglory, fame
yaśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of passive-result statement)
TypeNoun
Rootyaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन