Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 84
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
रामेण हन्यमा नास्तु समस्ता दैत्यदानवाः / ददृशुः सर्वतो रामं हतशेषा भयान्विताः
Transliteration
rāmeṇa hanyamā nāstu samastā daityadānavāḥ / dadṛśuḥ sarvato rāmaṃ hataśeṣā bhayānvitāḥ
Translation
રામ દ્વારા દૈત્ય-દાનવો બધાં જ હણાતા હતા; જે થોડાક બચ્યા હતા તેઓ ભયથી વ્યાકુળ થઈ સર્વ તરફ રામને જ જોતા રહ્યા.
Word by Word
rāmeṇaby Rama
rāmeṇa:
Karta (कर्ता) / Karaṇa (करण) in passive construction
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
hanyamānāḥbeing slain
hanyamānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) in passive sense (patient)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with daitya-dānavāḥ
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
samastāḥall/entire
samastāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ
daitya-dānavāḥDaityas and Dānavas
daitya-dānavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (of 'saw')
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
dadṛśuḥsaw
dadṛśuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarvataḥfrom all sides/everywhere
sarvataḥ:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
rāmamRama
rāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
hata-śeṣāḥwith only remnants left (most slain)
hata-śeṣāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roothata (कृदन्त; √han, हन्) + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ
bhaya-anvitāḥfilled with fear
bhaya-anvitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त; √i, इ/√vī? here 'anvita' from √i with anu-; lexical)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ