Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 63
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
यथा बभूव भगवान्मानुषेषु महातपाः / भृगुस्त्रीवधदोषेण भृगुशापेन मानुषे
Transliteration
yathā babhūva bhagavānmānuṣeṣu mahātapāḥ / bhṛgustrīvadhadoṣeṇa bhṛguśāpena mānuṣe
Translation
How the Blessed Lord, the great ascetic, came to be among humankind—through the fault of slaying Bhrigu’s wife, and by Bhrigu’s curse, in a human form.
Word by Word
yathāas / how
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Indeclinable), उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner: 'as/how')
babhūvabecame / came to be
babhūva:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
mānuṣeṣuamong humans
mānuṣeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (context: 'among humans'), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)
mahātapāḥof great austerity
mahātapāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of bhagavān)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātapas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समास: महा + तपस् (कर्मधारय)
bhṛguof Bhṛgu
bhṛgu:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-पूर्वपद in compound (genitival sense: 'of Bhṛgu')
strī-vadha-doṣeṇaby/through the fault of killing a woman
strī-vadha-doṣeṇa:
Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु—Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समास: स्त्रीवधदोष (तत्पुरुष: 'fault of killing a woman')
bhṛgu-śāpenaby Bhṛgu's curse
bhṛgu-śāpena:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootbhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समास: भृगुशाप (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'curse of Bhṛgu')
mānuṣein a human (state) / as a human
mānuṣe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)