Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 54
Viṣṇu-māhātmya-varṇana & Vamśa-prasaṅga
Genealogical Continuation
Devanagari script
नास्माकं विद्यते तात पातकं स्तेयमेव च / भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं न जानीमः पेयापेयं च सर्वशः
Transliteration
nāsmākaṃ vidyate tāta pātakaṃ steyameva ca / bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ na jānīmaḥ peyāpeyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
Translation
O father, for us there is neither sin nor theft; we do not at all know what is fit to eat or unfit, what is fit to drink or unfit.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
asmākamof us
asmākam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन
vidyateexists
vidyate:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘exists/is found’
tātadear one
tāta:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Roottāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
pātakamsin
pātakam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of ‘exists’)
TypeNoun
Rootpātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृवाच्ये ‘विद्यते’ इत्यस्य विषयः (nominative sense)
steyamtheft
steyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of ‘exists’)
TypeNoun
Rootsteya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘theft’
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
bhakṣya-abhakṣyamedible and inedible
bhakṣya-abhakṣyam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + abhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara): भक्ष्यं च अभक्ष्यं च; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
jānīmaḥwe know
jānīmaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘we know’
peya-apeyamdrinkable and undrinkable
peya-apeyam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootpeya (प्रातिपदिक) + apeya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास: पेयं च अपेयं च; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (समाहार)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
sarvaśaḥin every way
sarvaśaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvaśaḥ (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/सम्पूर्णतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb): ‘in every way/at all’