Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 8
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
या वास्य प्रकृतिस्तात तां चास्मान्वक्तुमर्हसि / कथं स भगवान्विष्णुः सुरेष्वरिनिषूदनः
Transliteration
yā vāsya prakṛtistāta tāṃ cāsmānvaktumarhasi / kathaṃ sa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ sureṣvariniṣūdanaḥ
Translation
O revered one, you are fit to tell us also of His nature (prakṛti); and how that Bhagavān Viṣṇu, slayer of the foes of the gods, (came to descend).
Word by Word
yāwhich (nature)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (relative pronoun), Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
vāindeed/also
vā:
Avyaya (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात), emphasis/alternative nuance
asyaof him
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/genitive), Ekavacana
prakṛtiḥnature, constitution
prakṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
tātaO dear one/father
tāta:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Roottāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative), Ekavacana
tāmthat (nature)
tām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)
asmānus
asmān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Bahuvacana
vaktumto tell
vaktum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + tumun (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
FormTumun-anta infinitive (तुमुनन्त), purpose/intent sense
arhasiyou are able/ought
arhasi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), Parasmaipada; Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana
kathamhow
katham:
Praśna (प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; interrogative adverb (प्रश्न-क्रियाविशेषण)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana; apposition to bhagavān
sureśvari-niṣūdanaḥslayer of the lords of the gods
sureśvari-niṣūdanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsureśvarin (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: sureśvarīṇām (of the lords of gods) + niṣūdanaḥ (slayer)