Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 63
पितृसर्ग-श्राद्धप्रश्नाः
Pitri-Origins and Shraddha Queries
Devanagari script
नश्यन्त्युल्केव गगने क्षणद्विद्युत्प्रभेव च / उत्सृज्य देहजालानि महायोगबलेन च
Transliteration
naśyantyulkeva gagane kṣaṇadvidyutprabheva ca / utsṛjya dehajālāni mahāyogabalena ca
Translation
They vanish like a meteor in the sky, like the fleeting radiance of lightning; by the power of Mahāyoga they cast off the nets of bodily bonds.
Word by Word
naśyantiperish, vanish
naśyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnaś (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
ulkāa meteor, firebrand
ulkā:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootulkā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान (standard of comparison)
ivalike, as
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)
gaganein the sky
gagane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgagana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
kṣaṇa-vidyut-prabhāthe glow of momentary lightning
kṣaṇa-vidyut-prabhā:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣaṇasya vidyutaḥ prabhā = the radiance of momentary lightning); उपमान
ivalike
iva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
utsṛjyahaving abandoned
utsṛjya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootut-sṛj (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned/left’
deha-jālānithe meshes/aggregates of bodies
deha-jālāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeha (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dehasya jālāni = nets/aggregates of bodies)
mahā-yoga-balenaby the power of great yoga
mahā-yoga-balena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mahāyogasya balena = by the power of great yoga)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)