Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 106
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
महासुरा द्वादशसु संग्रामेषु सुरैर्हताः / तैस्तैरुपायैर्भूयिष्ठा निहता ये प्रधानतः
Transliteration
mahāsurā dvādaśasu saṃgrāmeṣu surairhatāḥ / taistairupāyairbhūyiṣṭhā nihatā ye pradhānataḥ
Translation
In twelve battles the great Asuras were slain by the gods; and chiefly the leaders were, for the most part, destroyed by various stratagems.
Word by Word
mahā-asurāḥgreat Asuras
mahā-asurāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘great (mahā) asuras’
dvādaśasuin twelve
dvādaśasu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक: ‘in twelve’
saṃgrāmeṣuin battles
saṃgrāmeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
suraiḥby the gods
suraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
hatāḥslain
hatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roothata (कृदन्त; √han/हन्, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘slain’
taiḥby those
taiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
taiḥby various
taiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (distributive): ‘by this and that’
upāyaiḥmeans/strategies
upāyaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootupāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
bhūyiṣṭhāḥmostly / in great number
bhūyiṣṭhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūyiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अतिशय (superlative): ‘most/for the most part’
nihatāḥkilled
nihatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnihata (कृदन्त; √han/हन् + ni-, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘killed’
yewho
ye:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun): ‘who/which’
pradhānataḥchiefly
pradhānataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpradhānatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘chiefly/principally’