Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 12
Somavaṃśa-prasavaḥ
Birth of the Lunar Line: Budha–Purūravas and the Urvaśī Episode
Devanagari script
घृतमात्रं तथाऽहारः कालमेकं तु पार्थिव / यद्येष समयो राजन्यावत्कालश्च ते दृढः
Transliteration
ghṛtamātraṃ tathā'hāraḥ kālamekaṃ tu pārthiva / yadyeṣa samayo rājanyāvatkālaśca te dṛḍhaḥ
Translation
O king of the earth, let her food be only ghee, and the term be but one fixed period—O ruler, so long as this covenant of time stands firm for you.
Word by Word
घृत-मात्रम्only ghee (as measure/quantity)
घृत-मात्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (only ghee)
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
आहारःfood/diet
आहारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
कालम्time/period
कालम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
एकम्one
एकम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (qualifying kālam)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)
पार्थिवO king (earth-lord)
पार्थिव:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction: if)
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
समयःagreement/appointed time
समयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसमय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
यावत्-कालःthe duration (as long as)
यावत्-कालः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयावत् + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘as long a time’)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दृढःfirm/steadfast
दृढः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying yāvatkālaḥ / samayaḥ)