Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 35
Nimivaṃśānukīrtana (Genealogical Recitation of the Nimi Line) — with Atri–Soma Origin Motif
Devanagari script
तत्र शिष्टास्तु ये देवास्तुषिताश्चैव ते स्मृताः / ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुरादिदेवं पितामहम्
Transliteration
tatra śiṣṭāstu ye devāstuṣitāścaiva te smṛtāḥ / brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurādidevaṃ pitāmaham
Translation
There, the righteous gods—remembered also as the Tuṣitas—went for refuge to Brahmā, the primal deity, the Grandfather of all.
Word by Word
tatrathere
tatra:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
śiṣṭāḥthe cultured, the righteous
śiṣṭāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; with ‘devāḥ’)
TypeAdjective
Rootśiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √śās ‘to instruct’ से निष्पन्न)
Formक्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘well-behaved/learned’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता; correlates with ‘te’)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; relative pronoun
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
tuṣitāḥcontented, satisfied
tuṣitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottuṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ ‘to be pleased’ से)
Formक्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘devāḥ’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed, precisely
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; correlative pronoun
smṛtāḥwere known/called
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ ‘to remember’ से)
Formक्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘were called/considered’
brahmāṇamBrahmā
brahmāṇam:
Karma (कर्म; object of ‘jagmuḥ’)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
śaraṇamas refuge
śaraṇam:
Gati/Prayojana (गति/प्रयोजन; goal-as-refuge)
TypeNoun
Rootśaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वितीया-द्वितीया (as ‘as refuge’)
jagmuḥwent, approached
jagmuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
ādi-devamthe primordial god
ādi-devam:
Karma (कर्म; appositional object)
TypeNoun
Rootādi + deva (प्रातिपदिक; आदि + देव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (ādir eva devaḥ) apposition to ‘brahmāṇam’
pitāmahamthe grandsire
pitāmaham:
Karma (कर्म; appositional object)
TypeNoun
Rootpitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to ‘brahmāṇam’