Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 33
Pṛthivī-dohaṇa (The Milking of the Earth) and the Praise of King Pṛthu
Devanagari script
तानग्निरदहद्धोर एवमासीद्दुमक्षयः / द्रुमक्षयमथो बुद्ध्वा किञ्चिच्छिष्टेषु शाखिषु
Transliteration
tānagniradahaddhora evamāsīddumakṣayaḥ / drumakṣayamatho buddhvā kiñcicchiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu
Translation
A dreadful fire burned them; thus came the destruction of the trees. Realizing this ruin of the forest, when only a few branching trees remained…
Word by Word
tānthose (trees)
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
agniḥfire
agniḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
adahatburned
adahat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdah (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ghoraḥterrible
ghoraḥ:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootghora (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agniḥ)
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this way)
āsītthere was
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
druma-kṣayaḥdestruction of trees
druma-kṣayaḥ:
Kartā/Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधाननाम)
TypeNoun
Rootdruma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (drumānāṃ kṣayaḥ)
druma-kṣayamthe destruction of trees
druma-kṣayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdruma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः
athathen
atha:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)
buddhvāhaving realized
buddhvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having understood)
kiñcita little
kiñcit:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkiñcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
Formपरिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (a little/somewhat)
śiṣṭeṣuin the remaining (ones)
śiṣṭeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśiṣṭa (कृदन्त; √śiṣ/√śās धातु, 'remaining')
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (śākhiṣu)
śākhiṣuamong the branch-bearing trees
śākhiṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśākhin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन