Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 177
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
सर्पाश्चाजगरा ग्राहा मार्जारा मूषिकाः परे / मण्डूका नकुलाश्चैव वल्कका वनगोचराः
Transliteration
sarpāścājagarā grāhā mārjārā mūṣikāḥ pare / maṇḍūkā nakulāścaiva valkakā vanagocarāḥ
Translation
There arose serpents, ajagara (great constrictors), and grāha (crocodiles); also cats (mārjāra) and other mice (mūṣika). Frogs (maṇḍūka), nakula, and valkaka that roam the forests were born as well.
Word by Word
sarpāḥsnakes
sarpāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
ajagarāḥpythons/large serpents
ajagarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootajagara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
grāhāḥcrocodiles
grāhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgrāha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
mārjārāḥcats
mārjārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmārjāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
mūṣikāḥmice/rats
mūṣikāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
pareothers
pare:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); used adjectivally
maṇḍūkāḥfrogs
maṇḍūkāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṇḍūka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
nakulāḥmongooses
nakulāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnakula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle)
valkakāḥvalkakas (a kind/name)
valkakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvalkaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)
vanagocarāḥforest-roaming
vanagocarāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvana (प्रातिपदिक) + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.); tatpuruṣa (locative relation): ‘vana-gocara’ = ‘moving in the forest’