Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 10
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
देवलोकं किमुत्सृज्य मर्त्यलोकमिहागतः / देवमानुषयोर्नेता धातुर्यः प्रसवो हरिः
Transliteration
devalokaṃ kimutsṛjya martyalokamihāgataḥ / devamānuṣayornetā dhāturyaḥ prasavo hariḥ
Translation
Why did He forsake the world of the gods and come here to the mortal realm? For Hari is the leader of gods and men, the very cause from whom even Dhātā (the Ordainer) arises.
Word by Word
deva-lokamthe world of the gods
deva-lokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: devānāṃ lokaḥ
kimwhy/what (for what reason)
kim:
Praśna (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative particle used adverbially (प्रश्न-निपात)
utsṛjyahaving left
utsṛjya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud√sṛj (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), prior action; 'having abandoned'
martya-lokamthe world of mortals
martya-lokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: martyānāṃ lokaḥ
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; deictic adverb (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
āgataḥhas come
āgataḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-participle used predicatively; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
deva-mānuṣayoḥof gods and humans
deva-mānuṣayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/genitive), Dvivacana; dvandva: devāḥ ca mānuṣāḥ ca
netāleader
netā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnetṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
dhātuḥcreator, sustainer (ordainer)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (relative pronoun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; refers to hariḥ
prasavaḥsource, origin, production
prasavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprasava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
hariḥHari (Viṣṇu)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana