Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 15
Sāttvata–Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka Vamśa
Genealogical Enumeration of the Yādava Clans
Devanagari script
यथैव शृणुमो दूरात्सपंश्यामस्तथान्तिकात् / बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृथः समः
Transliteration
yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrātsapaṃśyāmastathāntikāt / babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devairdevāvṛthaḥ samaḥ
Translation
As we hear from afar, so we behold up close: Babhrū was the foremost among men, and among the gods he was equal to Devāvṛdha.
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
Upamāna-marker (उपमान-निर्देशक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formउपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)
एवindeed
एव:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic: indeed/just)
शृणुमःwe hear
शृणुमः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural)
दूरात्from far away
दूरात्:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular); अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (from afar)
सःwe/that (contextual)
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
पश्यामःwe see
पश्यामः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural)
तथाso, likewise
तथा:
Upamāna-correlative (तथाशब्द)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/in the same way)
अन्तिकात्from nearby
अन्तिकात्:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular); (from near)
बभ्रुःBabhru
बभ्रुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
श्रेष्ठःbest, foremost
श्रेष्ठः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
मनुष्याणाम्among/of men
मनुष्याणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)
देवैःwith/by the gods
देवैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)
देवावृथःDevāvṛtha (name)
देवावृथः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवावृथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); नाम (Devāvṛtha)
समःequal
समः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)