Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 38

Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna

Devanagari script

युगान्तेंबुदवृन्दस्य स्फुटितस्याशनेरिव / अहो मृधे महावीर्यो भार्गवस्तस्य यो ऽच्छिनत्

Transliteration

yugānteṃbudavṛndasya sphuṭitasyāśaneriva / aho mṛdhe mahāvīryo bhārgavastasya yo 'cchinat

Translation

Como el trueno del rayo cuando en el fin de era se desgarran las nubes—¡ah! en la batalla, el gran héroe Bhārgava le cercenó (los brazos).

Word by Word

• yuga-ante: at the end of the age
• yuga-ante: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष ‘at the end of an age’

• ambuda-vṛndasya: of the cloud-mass
• ambuda-vṛndasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambuda (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛnda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular; ‘of the mass of clouds’

• sphuṭitasya: burst, split
• sphuṭitasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphuṭita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त) from √sphuṭ (स्फुट्); Neuter, Genitive, Singular; qualifying ambuda-vṛnda

• aśaneḥ: of lightning/thunderbolt
• aśaneḥ: Upamāna-sambandha (उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• iva: like, as if
• iva: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle of comparison (उपमावाचक)

• aho: ah!, indeed!
• aho: Bhāva (भाव/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: Exclamatory particle (विस्मयादिबोधक)

• mṛdhe: in battle
• mṛdhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛdh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th), Singular

• mahā-vīryaḥ: mighty, very valorous
• mahā-vīryaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; कर्मधारय ‘great in valor’

• bhārgavaḥ: Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)
• bhārgavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; relative pronoun

• acchinat: cut off
• acchinat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातu)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular; with preverb ā- (ā + chid → acchid)