Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 83
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
पैशाचैन विवाहेन रुदन्त्यावुद्ववाह सः / अजः शण्डः सुताभ्यां तु तदा श्रावयतां धनम्
Transliteration
paiśācaina vivāhena rudantyāvudvavāha saḥ / ajaḥ śaṇḍaḥ sutābhyāṃ tu tadā śrāvayatāṃ dhanam
Translation
By the paiśāca form of marriage he wedded the weeping maiden; then Aja and Śaṇḍa made their sons hear of the matter of wealth.
Word by Word
paiśācenaby the Paiśāca (demonic)
paiśācena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaiśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka/Masculine? Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adjectival use qualifying vivāhena
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) for emphasis
vivāhenaby marriage
vivāhena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvivāha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
rudantyāwhile (she was) weeping
rudantyā:
Sahakārī (सहकारी/attendant circumstance)
TypeAdjective
Rootrudantī (कृदन्त; रुद् धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/शतृन्त), Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agreeing with implied strī/kanyā
udvavāhacarried off; married
udvavāha:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√vah (धातु)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्/Aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; with prefix ud-
saḥhe
saḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; pronoun
ajaḥAja
ajaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name
śaṇḍaḥŚaṇḍa
śaṇḍaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name
sutābhyāmby/with the two daughters
sutābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootsutā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया) / Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी) / Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Dual; here Instrumental ‘by/with (his) two daughters’
tubut/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (निपात) indicating contrast/continuation
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of time (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
śrāvayatāmlet (the two) announce/proclaim
śrāvayatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormCausative (णिच्) ‘śrāvayati’; Present imperative (लोṭ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual; ‘let the two cause to hear/announce’
dhanamthe wealth; (name/epithet) ‘Dhana’
dhanam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootdhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular