Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 142
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
यस्मात्ते जानता धर्ममवध्या स्त्री निषूदिता / तस्मात्त्वं सप्तकृत्वो वै मनुष्येषु प्रपद्यसे
Transliteration
yasmātte jānatā dharmamavadhyā strī niṣūditā / tasmāttvaṃ saptakṛtvo vai manuṣyeṣu prapadyase
Translation
For though you knew dharma, you slew a woman who should not be slain; therefore you shall take refuge among humankind seven times.
Word by Word
yasmātbecause/from which reason
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative sense used adverbially; यतः-शब्दः (हेतु-अर्थे अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः)
teof you/your
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
jānatāby (you) knowing
jānatā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjñā (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; Masculine/Neuter agreement by context
dharmamdharma, righteousness
dharmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
avadhyānot to be killed, inviolable
avadhyā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; negated adjective
strīa woman
strī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
niṣūditākilled, slain
niṣūditā:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-√sūd (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
tasmāttherefore/from that reason
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative sense used adverbially; तस्मात् (हेतु-अर्थे)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuzmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
saptakṛtvaḥseven times
saptakṛtvaḥ:
Kāla/Prakāra (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsapta (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtvas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adverb (संख्यावाचक-अव्यय), ‘seven times’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/assurance
manuṣyeṣuamong humans
manuṣyeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
prapadyaseyou are born/you take refuge (you come to be)
prapadyase:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√pad (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Middle voice (आत्मनेपद), 2nd person (मध्यम), Singular