Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 143
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
ततस्तेनाभिशापेन नष्टे धर्मे पुनः पुनः / सर्वलोक हितार्थाय जायते मानुषेष्विह
Transliteration
tatastenābhiśāpena naṣṭe dharme punaḥ punaḥ / sarvaloka hitārthāya jāyate mānuṣeṣviha
Translation
By that curse, dharma is lost again and again; yet for the welfare of all worlds, he is born here among humankind.
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (अव्यय), ‘then/thereupon’
tenaby that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
abhiśāpenaby the curse
abhiśāpena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootabhiśāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
naṣṭewhen (it is) destroyed
naṣṭe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √naś + kta)
FormPast passive participle used adjectivally; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; Masculine/Neuter by agreement
dharmein dharma/when dharma is lost
dharme:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (अव्यय)
punaḥagain and again
punaḥ:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (अव्यय), repetition for emphasis
sarvalokaall the worlds
sarvaloka:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound (समस्तपद) meaning ‘all worlds/entire people’; used as first member in next compound
hitārthāyafor the welfare/purpose of benefit
hitārthāya:
Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; purpose dative (प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी)
jāyateis born/arises
jāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Middle voice (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथम), Singular
mānuṣeṣuamong humans
mānuṣeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
ihahere
iha:
Deśa (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormDeictic adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)