Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
गते पितरि तौ क्रूरौ निसर्गादेव दारुणौ / विपर्ययेषु वर्त्तेते ऽकृतज्ञौ प्राणिहिंसकौ
Transliteration
gate pitari tau krūrau nisargādeva dāruṇau / viparyayeṣu varttete 'kṛtajñau prāṇihiṃsakau
Translation
When their father had departed, those two were by nature cruel and dreadful. They moved in perverse ways—ungrateful and slayers of living beings.
Word by Word
गतेwhen (he) had gone
गते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative circumstance)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; Masculine/Neuter agreement with 'पितरि' (when father had gone)
पितरिin/when the father
पितरि:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
तौthose two
तौ:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual
क्रूरौcruel
क्रूरौ:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; adjective of 'तौ'
निसर्गात्by nature, from disposition
निसर्गात्:
अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Rootनिसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
एवindeed, just
एव:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis
दारुणौterrible, harsh
दारुणौ:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootदारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; adjective of 'तौ'
विपर्ययेषुin perversions/misdeeds
विपर्ययेषु:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविपर्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
वर्त्तेतेthey behave/engage
वर्त्तेते:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Dual
अकृतज्ञौungrateful
अकृतज्ञौ:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootअकृतज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; adjective of 'तौ'
प्राणिहिंसकौkillers of living beings
प्राणिहिंसकौ:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Kartā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राणि + हिंसक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'प्राणिनां हिंसकौ'; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; adjective of 'तौ'