Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 57
Viṣṇu-māhātmya-varṇana & Vamśa-prasaṅga
Genealogical Continuation
Devanagari script
प्रसादतो वृषेन्द्रस्य गोधर्मं जगृहे ऽथ सः / मनसैव तदा दध्रे तद्विधस्तत्परायणः
Transliteration
prasādato vṛṣendrasya godharmaṃ jagṛhe 'tha saḥ / manasaiva tadā dadhre tadvidhastatparāyaṇaḥ
Translation
By the favor of Vṛṣendra, he accepted the dharma of the cow. Then he held it within his mind alone, becoming one who followed that rule and was wholly devoted to it.
Word by Word
prasādataḥfrom (his) favor/grace
prasādataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootprasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Sg); अव्ययीभावार्थे—‘from/through favor’
vṛṣendrasyaof the lordly bull
vṛṣendrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/उपपद: ‘bull-lord’); पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Sg)
go-dharmamthe duty/law concerning cows
go-dharmam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of cows’); पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Sg)
jagṛheaccepted/took up
jagṛhe:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (ग्रह् धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Sg); परस्मैपद
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Sequencer)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-क्रमसूचक (then/thereupon)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Sg)
manasāwith (his) mind
manasā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Sg)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)
tadāat that time
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
dadhreheld/maintained
dadhre:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootdhṛ (धृ धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Sg); आत्मनेपद
tad-vidhaḥof that sort
tad-vidhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनामपूर्वपद: ‘of that kind’); पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Sg)
tat-parāyaṇaḥdevoted to that
tat-parāyaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘devoted to that’); पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Sg)