Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 65
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
यज्ञे चाहूय तौ प्रोक्तौ त्यजन्तामसुरा द्विजौ
Transliteration
yajñe cāhūya tau proktau tyajantāmasurā dvijau
Translation
Calling them to the yajña, the gods said: “O you two dvijas, abandon the Asuras.”
Word by Word
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
āhūyahaving summoned
āhūya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā-hū (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्) used as avyaya; ‘having called’
tauthose two
tau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual
proktauwere told/addressed
proktau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-vac (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Dual; predicate of ‘tau’ in passive sense ‘were addressed/told’
tyajantāmlet (them) abandon
tyajantām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roottyaj (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Dual; ‘let them two abandon’
asurāḥthe asuras
asurāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; understood as object of abandonment (sense: ‘the asuras’)
dvijauO two twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijau:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative/Nominative, Dual; address to the two Brahmins