Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68
Jāmadagnya-Rāmasya Tapaścaraṇam
The Austerities of Rama Jamadagnya
Devanagari script
अहिंसालक्षणो धर्मो लोकेषु यदि ते मतः / स्वहस्तेन कथं राम मातरं कृत्तवानसि
Transliteration
ahiṃsālakṣaṇo dharmo lokeṣu yadi te mataḥ / svahastena kathaṃ rāma mātaraṃ kṛttavānasi
Translation
यदि तुम मानते हो कि लोकों में धर्म का लक्षण अहिंसा है, तो हे राम! तुमने अपने हाथ से माता का वध कैसे किया?
Word by Word
अहिंसा-लक्षणःcharacterized by non-violence
अहिंसा-लक्षणः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंसा (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अहिंसा-लक्षण = ‘having non-violence as its mark’); विशेषण (qualifying धर्मः)
धर्मःdharma, righteousness
धर्मः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
लोकेषुin the worlds, among people
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
FormConditional conjunction (शर्तबोधक अव्यय)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form2nd person pronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
मतः(is) your view
मतः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘opinion/accepted view’
स्व-हस्तेनwith your own hand
स्व-हस्तेन:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वहस्त = ‘one’s own hand’); करणत्वे तृतीया
कथम्how
कथम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/interrogative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नवाचक अव्यय)
रामO Rama
राम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
कृत्तवान्having cut down / killed
कृत्तवान्:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृत् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘having cut/killed’ (agentive participle)
असिyou are (have)
असि:
Kriya (क्रिया/copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, 2nd Person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular