Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 35
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
यो गतिर्द्धर्मयुक्तानामगतिः पापकर्मणाम् / चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य प्रभवश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता
Transliteration
yo gatirddharmayuktānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām / cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaścāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā
Translation
He is the refuge of those devoted to dharma, and the loss of refuge for doers of sinful deeds; he is the source of cāturvarṇya and the protector of cāturvarṇya.
Word by Word
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
gatiḥrefuge/goal
gatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
dharma-yuktānāmof the righteous
dharma-yuktānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त from yuj)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'of those joined with dharma'
agatiḥnon-refuge/no way out
agatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roota + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); privative a-
pāpa-karmaṇāmof the sinful-doers
pāpa-karmaṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) (collective), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'of those whose deeds are sinful'
cāturvarṇyasyaof the fourfold social order
cāturvarṇyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'of the fourfold varṇa-system'
prabhavaḥorigin/source
prabhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
cāturvarṇyasyaof the fourfold social order
cāturvarṇyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
rakṣitāprotector
rakṣitā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrakṣ (धातु) + tṛc/तृन् (agentive) (प्रातिपदिक: rakṣitṛ)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agent noun used as predicate