Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 86
Somavaṃśa-prasavaḥ
Birth of the Lunar Line: Budha–Purūravas and the Urvaśī Episode
Devanagari script
श्रूयते हि तपस्सिद्धाः क्षत्त्रोपेता द्विजातयः / विश्वामित्रो नरपतिर्मान्धाता संकृतिः कपिः
Transliteration
śrūyate hi tapassiddhāḥ kṣattropetā dvijātayaḥ / viśvāmitro narapatirmāndhātā saṃkṛtiḥ kapiḥ
Translation
It is heard that there were twice-born ones, linked with the kṣatriya line, who attained perfection through austerity—Viśvāmitra, King Māndhātā, Saṃkṛti, and Kapi.
Word by Word
śrūyateis heard/it is said
śrūyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु श्रवणे)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is heard/it is said’
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (particle: indeed/for)
tapas-siddhāḥaccomplished through austerity
tapas-siddhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक) + siddha (कृदन्त; √sidh सिद्धौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष: ‘austerity-accomplished’ qualifying dvijātayaḥ
kṣatra-upetāḥendowed with royal power
kṣatra-upetāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त; upa-√i/√et)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष: ‘endowed with kṣatra (kṣatriya-hood/power)’
dvijātayaḥtwice-born persons
dvijātayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of śrūyate, in sense ‘are spoken of’)
TypeNoun
Rootdvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural)
viśvāmitraḥViśvāmitra
viśvāmitraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootviśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
nara-patiḥking
nara-patiḥ:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘lord of men’
māndhātāMāndhātā
māndhātā:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmāndhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
saṃkṛtiḥSaṃkṛti
saṃkṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
kapiḥKapi
kapiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkapi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)