Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
श्रीगर्भः स कथं गर्भे स्त्रिया भूचरया वृतः / येन लोकान्क्रमैर्जित्वा सश्रीकास्त्रिदशाः कृताः
Transliteration
śrīgarbhaḥ sa kathaṃ garbhe striyā bhūcarayā vṛtaḥ / yena lokānkramairjitvā saśrīkāstridaśāḥ kṛtāḥ
Translation
How was the Lord, Sri-garbha, enclosed within the womb of a woman who walks the earth—He who, conquering the worlds in due steps, made the gods radiant with fortune?
Word by Word
śrīgarbhaḥhe whose womb/embryo is auspicious (Śrīgarbha)
śrīgarbhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī + garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: श्री-युक्तः गर्भः/श्री-गर्भः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
kathamhow
katham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रश्न-प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय
garbhein the womb
garbhe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण
striyāby a woman
striyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent in passive)
bhūcarayāearth-dwelling
bhūcarayā:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhū + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: भू-चर (earth-moving/earth-dwelling); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies striyā)
vṛtaḥenclosed/covered
vṛtaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive predicate)
yenaby whom
yena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (instrumental relative)
lokānworlds
lokān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म
kramaiḥby steps
kramaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण (means: by steps)
jitvāhaving conquered
jitvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootji (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)
saśrīkāḥendowed with prosperity
saśrīkāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + śrīka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव: स- (with) + श्रीक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies tridaśāḥ)
tridaśāḥthe gods
tridaśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottridaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि कर्ता/फल-भोगी (subject of kṛtāḥ in passive sense)
kṛtāḥwere made
kṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि (were made)