Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 56

सगरस्यौर्वाश्रमगमनम्

Sagara’s Journey to Aurva’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

ततस्तद्रक्षको ऽभ्येत्य पिशाचः प्राह तं तदा / क्षुधितो ऽहं चिरादस्मिन्निवसन्निधिपालकः

Transliteration

tatastadrakṣako 'bhyetya piśācaḥ prāha taṃ tadā / kṣudhito 'haṃ cirādasminnivasannidhipālakaḥ

Translation

ત્યારે તે નિધિનો રક્ષક પિશાચ નજીક આવી બોલ્યો—‘હું લાંબા સમયથી અહીં વસતો નિધિ-પાલક છું; હું ભૂખ્યો છું.’

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantara (काल/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय), sequence

• tat-rakṣakaḥ: that (treasure’s) guardian
• tat-rakṣakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम) + rakṣaka (रक्षक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'its guardian'

• abhyetya: having come near
• abhyetya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-i (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त)

• piśācaḥ: a piśāca
• piśācaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āh (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, Perfect), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• tam: to him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

• kṣudhitaḥ: hungry
• kṣudhitaḥ: Karta-dharma (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudh (क्षुध्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (अस्मद्), Nominative (1st), Singular

• cirāt: for a long time
• cirāt: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय), ablatival sense 'after long time/for long'

• asmin: in this (place)
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• nivasan: dwelling
• nivasan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vas (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• nidhi-pālakaḥ: treasure-guardian
• nidhi-pālakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (निधि, प्रातिपदिक) + pālaka (पालक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'guardian of the treasure'