Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 92
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
सप्तमो रावणस्यार्थे जज्ञे दशरथात्मजः / अष्टमो द्वापरे विष्णुरष्टाविंशे पराशरात्
Transliteration
saptamo rāvaṇasyārthe jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ / aṣṭamo dvāpare viṣṇuraṣṭāviṃśe parāśarāt
Translation
રાવણના કાર્ય માટે સાતમા અવતારમાં દશરથાત્મજ પ્રગટ થયા. દ્વાપરમાં આઠમા રૂપે વિષ્ણુ, અને અઠ્ઠાવીસમા અવતારમાં પરાશરથી પ્રાદુર્ભવ થયા.
Word by Word
saptamaḥthe seventh (incarnation/person)
saptamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine/पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (Singular/एकवचन); ordinal adjective used substantively
rāvaṇasyaof Rāvaṇa
rāvaṇasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
arthefor the purpose (of)
arthe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; purpose-sense ‘for the sake of’
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormLiṭ lakāra (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada
daśaratha-ātmajaḥthe son of Daśaratha
daśaratha-ātmajaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to saptamaḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśaratha (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘son of Daśaratha’
aṣṭamaḥthe eighth (incarnation/person)
aṣṭamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ordinal adjective used substantively
dvāparein the Dvāpara (age)
dvāpare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootdvāpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; time-locative
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
aṣṭāviṃśein the twenty-eighth (cycle/instance)
aṣṭāviṃśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭāviṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; dvigu numeral ‘twenty-eighth’ used as locative (in the 28th)
parāśarātfrom Parāśara
parāśarāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootparāśara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; source/parentage