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

યુગાંતના વાદળસમૂહ ફાટી વીજળી જેવી ગર્જના થાય તેમ—અહો! યુદ્ધમાં તે મહાવીર ભાર્ગવે તેના (બાહુઓ) કાપી નાખ્યા।

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)