Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 1
Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna
Devanagari script
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे अष्टषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः // ६८// सूत उवाच यदोर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्येष्ठस्योत्तमतेजसः / विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च गदतो मे निबोधत
Transliteration
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 68// sūta uvāca yadorvaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi jyeṣṭhasyottamatejasaḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca gadato me nibodhata
Translation
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the middle section proclaimed by Vāyu, in the third introductory pāda, is the sixty-eighth chapter. Sūta said: I shall declare the lineage of Yadu, the eldest of supreme splendor, in detail and in due order; listen attentively to my words.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोग)
śrī-brahmāṇḍein the revered Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa)
śrī-brahmāṇḍe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: śrī + brahmāṇḍa (honorific + title)
mahā-purāṇein the great Purāṇa
mahā-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: mahā + purāṇa
vāyu-proktespoken by Vāyu
vāyu-prokte:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvāyu-prokta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √vac)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) prokta ‘spoken’; compound: vāyu + prokta (agent in compound)
madhyama-bhāgein the middle section
madhyama-bhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyama-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: madhyama + bhāga
tṛtīyein the third
tṛtīye:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ordinal adjective agreeing with pāda
upoddhāta-pādein the introductory quarter/section
upoddhāta-pāde:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootupoddhāta-pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: upoddhāta + pāda
aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭitamaḥsixty-eighth
aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭa-ṣaṣṭitama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal ‘sixty-eighth’; dvigu numeral base (aṣṭa + ṣaṣṭi) + tama
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
yadoḥof Yadu
yadoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyadu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
vaṃśamlineage
vaṃśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
pravakṣyāmiI shall narrate
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
jyeṣṭhasyaof the eldest
jyeṣṭhasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
uttama-tejasaḥof excellent splendor
uttama-tejasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama-tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; compound: uttama + tejas
vistareṇain detail
vistareṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग)
anupūrvyāin due order
anupūrvyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanupūrvī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular used adverbially; feminine stem anupūrvī ‘in proper sequence’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)
gadataḥof (me) speaking
gadataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√gad (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of (me) speaking’
memy
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (enclitic)
nibodhataunderstand/learn
nibodhata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√budh (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada