Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 111
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुर्यः प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान् / गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्णे कलियुगे ऽभवत्
Transliteration
pūrvajanmani viṣṇuryaḥ pramitirnāma vīryavān / gotreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge 'bhavat
Translation
In a former birth he was the valorous Pramiti, of Viṣṇu’s own nature; and when the Kaliyuga had fully come to pass, he appeared in the Candramasa gotra.
Word by Word
pūrva-janmaniin a former birth
pūrva-janmani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पूर्वे जन्मनि’
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
pramitiḥPramiti (name)
pramitiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpramiti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
nāmaby name
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formनामार्थक-अव्यय/निपात (particle: ‘by name’)
vīryavānvaliant
vīryavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvīryavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the subject)
gotreṇaby lineage/clan
gotreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
candramasaḥof the Moon (line)
candramasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootcandramas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
pūrṇewhen complete/at the completion
pūrṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘kaliyuge’)
kali-yugein the Kali age
kali-yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkali (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘कलेः युगे’
abhavatbecame/was
abhavat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद